Dozens of Bitter Winter Reporters Arrested
12/27/2018 Lin Yijiang Accused of espionage and subversion, at least 45 contributors are in custody; the reporter who filmed a secret camp in Xinjiang “disappeared” after the arrest. In August 2018, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities designated Bitter...Des ONG expriment de sérieuses préoccupations à propos de violations des droits de la défense dans l’affaire de la Scientologie en Russie
Des scientologues sont en prison à Saint-Pétersbourg pour avoir pratiqué leur religion, ce que les autorités russes considèrent comme « extrémiste ». Cette accusation est également retenue contre d’autres groupes. Nous avons suivi avec une vive inquiétude les...NGOs Express Serious Concerns About Rights of Defense Violations in Russian Scientology Case
Scientologists are in jail in Saint Petersburg for the sole fact of practicing their faith, which Russian authorities regard as “extremist,” a charge also used against other groups. We have followed with great concern news published in the Russian media about serious...
RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION AND STATE NEUTRALITY: THE CASE OF HUNGARY
Alike other Eastern Europe countries, Hungary has adopted liberal legislation in the aftermath of the fall of Communism to consecrate freedom of religion and belief. However, subsequent political developments aimed at restoring Hungarian religious “heritage” and repressing nontraditional religious denominations. The 1990 liberal Law guaranteeing the right of freedom of conscience and religion for all and prohibiting discrimination has been replaced in 2011 by a new religion law that stripped approximately 200 religious communities of legal personality and established a two-tier system where the status of Churches is politically approved and non-recognized religious organizations are second-zone groups of parishioners deprived of the legal protection afforded to Churches.
