Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses attacked in Ajaccio
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses attacked in Ajaccio, Corsica: Manuel Valls keeps silence Corse Matin (02.08.2013) – An apparent firebomb attack was directed against a Jehovah’s Witness meeting hall on the evening of 31st July in the city of...Ordinary Anti-cultism
The first reason is that in Russia, in the early 1990’s, anti-cultism was a marginal and rare occurrence. Then it gained strength and became common and ordinary. To me, as a religious expert concerned with problems related to freedom of conscience, anti¬cultism became a sort of addition to the two main problems in Russia – idiots and roads’. In my point of view, today anti-cultists are enthusiasts who suggest the most harmful and foolish ways of solving problems concerning religious life.The second reason – I like the documentary film by Mikhail Romm Obyknoveniy fashizm [Ordinary Fascise For me, the combination of documentation and logic is the key to solving problems, but we will talk about this later.
Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review France 2013
The European Office for Human Rights of the Church of Scientology (EOHRCS), la Coordination des associations et des particuliers pour la liberté de conscience (CAP), and the Centre of Information and Counseling on New Spiritualities (CICNS) noted with concern a continued repressive policy towards minorities of religion or belief and new religious movements, despite recommendations made to France during its first UPR.
Safeguarding human rights in relation to religion and belief, and protecting religious communities from violence
Concerned about increasing physical and psychological violence against religious communities throughout the world, the Assembly today called on member States to take account of the situation of these communities in their bilateral political dialogue and to promote in their foreign relations “a policy which takes into consideration the question of the full respect for the fundamental rights of religious minorities”.
