MIVILUDES Contravenes European Court of Human Right Findings
miviludes-ECHR-2010The French Interministerial Mission of Vigilance and Fight against Sectarian Deviances (MIVILUDES) has adopted and implemented a policy of repression of religious minorities which is in contravention of international human rights instruments, in particular the Helsinki Accords standards on freedom of religion and non-discrimination in matters relating to religion and the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention) as interpreted by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
How the French government and parliament were leaded into a witch-hunt
The phenomenon of religious persecution has been known through the ages, as witness the Bacchanals affair in Rome in 187 BC or even, if we may believe Aristophanes, the process against Socrates, accused of having wanted to introduce a new religion. These persecutions were particularly intense against monotheistic religions, even though they tolerated the practice of several ancient cults with which they felt ties. In the 19th century, the French revolution hailed the end of persecution of protestants and marked the integration of Jews in the nation, even if refractory priests were treated extremely harshly. With the law of 1905 on the separation of church and state in France, discrimination appeared to have become impossible and yet only a few decades ago, France and other western countries saw the emergence of campaigns against “sects”. The word sect has two origins: a minority group that has separated (from the Latin secare) or a group that has followed a leader (from the Latin sequi).
Who is behind the Israeli Center for Victims of Cults?
“Self enhancement workshops? Course in Kabala? Meditation? Yoga? “The Israeli Center for Victims of Cults” doesn’t care: as far as they are concerned these are cults that should be fought. “7 Days” exposes the fact that the Center...The Function and Dysfunction of Religion in our Secular State
Statement by Prof. em. Dr. Christian Brünner European Leadership Conference, Geneva, UN, 24.-26.3.2011 Session 2: Interreligious cooperation and the prevention of incitement to racial, national and religious hatred United Nations Office Geneva (25 – 26 March...The Human Rights Centre (HRIDC)
Non-governmental organization the Human Rights Centre (HRIDC), formerly Human Rights Information and Documentation Center (HRIDC) was founded on December 10, 1996 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Human Rights Centre (HRIDC) is dedicated to protection and promotion of human...Jehovah’s Witnesses to have chaplains in prisons
HRWF (07.03.2011) – http://www.hrwf.org – On 28 February 2011, the administrative court of Lille ruled against the penitentiary administration which up to now had refused to authorize chaplains to Jehovah’s Witnesses to visit detainees who has...Deviations of MIVILUDES
Deviations of MIVILUDES: Raid of 70 policemen on a biodynamism centre One more case of misuse attempt of the law on the abuse of weakness HRWF (02.03.2011) – http://www.hrwf.org – On 22 February 2011, on the initiative of MIVILUDES (Inter-Ministerial...
