by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Oct 1, 2016 | CAP LC Europe, OSCE
This Task Force has proceeded to biased investigations upon the denouncements received by MIVILUDES, where the members of minorities were systematically presumed guilty. CAP received a number of testimonies over the years which evidence their prejudice, such people suspected of shamanist ic practices whose homes were raided and were put in custody, groups o f persons denounced to MIVILUDES as “dangerous sects” who were interrogated and put under pressure to denounce their “guru”, others denounced as being “gurus” who were put in preventive detention for up to 18 months, etc. Coordination of Associations and Individuals for Freedom of Conscience (CAP) CAP Liberté de Conscience
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Oct 1, 2016 | OSCE
Moreover, FECRIS says in its bylaws that « the action of the Federation is neither religious nor political ». If the action of FECRIS is not religious and claims to be neutral in this regard, how can it explain that an organization registered in a secular state – France – is massively financed with the money of all French tax-payers, while its vice-president, Alexander Dvorkin, a Russian citizen is blessed and financed by the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church for its anti-sect activities. This same Russian Orthodox Church which, along with Putin, has been persecuting religious minorities for years in Russia.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Aug 20, 2016 | news
From 2002, year of its establishment, to 2014, Miviludes has been ignoring the wolves born from openly murderous sects which settled on its territory. They preferred to chase the peaceful bees: spiritual minorities and alternative medicines. Result : a deadly...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 18, 2015 | news
On 2nd July, the Court of Appeals in Paris upheld an earlier judgement that MIVILUDES be found guilty of defamation against the French Society for the Defence of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP). MIVILUDES is the acronym for the French government’s inter-ministerial agency that monitors and reports on what it considers to be harmful religious movements and organisations.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Apr 16, 2014 | CAP LC Europe, Council of Europe, PACE Rudy Salles
The recommendations of French MP Rudy Salles which would have had the effect of exporting French anti-religious policies to the 47 Member States of the Council of Europe has not been adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.