by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jan 2, 2014 | news
This October, 2013, in Brusells, Soteria International co-organized an event together with the European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom (EIFRF), United Sikh International, European Muslim Initiative for Social Cohesion (EMISCO), Federation Pro Europa Christiana, Coordination des Associations et des Citoyens pour la Liberté de Conscience (CAPLC Europe), Forum for Religious Freedom (FOREF). The stated purpose of the event was to inform the interested public about the politics of repression which is sadly still going on nowadays in what regards certain religious minorities of Europe and to raise attention to the threat of such politics in a democratic European Union. Speakers made the audience aware of the break of international human rights in such cases and also tried to provide beneficial examples that co-exist in Europe with such dubious practices.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Nov 29, 2013 | news
Freedom of Religion and Belief and Religious Freedom in Europe, was given by Mr Peter Zoehrer, Chief Editor and Secretary General of FOREF-Europe (Forum for Religious Freedom- Europe) and Advisor to Universal Peace Federation (UPF) – Europe on Human Rights....
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Oct 24, 2013 | CAP LC Europe, EU Parliament
Some other speakers will speak of the good practices that exist in Europe regarding the treatment of religious minorities but I will have the difficult task of describing a country with a system which is known for its discriminatory and bad practices. Unfortunately, I know this country pretty well, as it is mine: France.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Oct 23, 2013 | news
My name is Raffaella Di Marzio. I’ve been running the Centre for Information and Advise – Sect, Religions and Spirituality in Rome for 12 years. I’ve been studying and researching the phenomenon and the spreading of religious and spiritual minorities...
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Oct 1, 2013 | CAP LC Europe, OSCE
For years, France has had a policy of stigmatization and negative stereotyping of minorities of religion or belief it has labeled as “sects” or, more recently as “sectarian movements”. This derogatory classification corresponds to the improper assessment of religion or beliefs and the consideration that some of them, new or minority ones not belonging to traditional Churches or Institutions, are “deviant” and constitute “sectarian drifts”.
