by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Nov 14, 2012 | news
Between 11 September 2009 and 12 May 2012 there have been 1,372 incidents where the rights of individual believers have been violated. Law enforcement officials have detained 1,278 believers, carried out 136 searches of homes and houses of worship, and disrupted 17 religious services. Individual citizens opposed to Jehovah’s Witnesses have committed 111 acts of violence against at least 208 Jehovah’s Witnesses and committed 85 acts of vandalism against their places of worship. The authorities have done little or nothing to prevent or to punish these criminal acts.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Aug 31, 2012 | news
In the Miviludes 2009 report, Georges Fenech, as President of the Miviludes, did a full review of the problems that could have occurred in EU countries regarding children and so called “sects”. Results of the review made clear that no real problem existed in Europe...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Aug 31, 2012 | news
Under the cover of fighting “sects” minority faiths are widely discredited in the media and often their right to answer is simply scoffed. The word “sect” has already proved discriminatory in History; it has no legal definition and is charged with a strong emotional...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Aug 10, 2012 | news
HRWF (09.08.2012 ) – On November 26, 2011, the Belgian Parliament voted a Law adding articles to the Penal Code criminalizing “Abuse of Weakness”. Obviously, every citizen agrees that a person in a situation of weakness because of his age, physical...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jun 30, 2012 | CAP LC United Nations, UN UPR
Pursuant to §10 of the General Assembly Resolution 66/167 invitation to provide input for the Secretary General’s forthcoming report on steps taken by States to combat intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization and discrimination based on religion or belief, CAP provides the following report regarding the French policy on minorities of religion or belief in France that needs to be changed to effectively implement the Resolution.
