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A Long Court Day for AROPL—and New Racist Riots
Bail conditions are lifted for members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light accused of obstruction A court session in Cheshire offered a development that many observers had been…
Nicole Daedone (left) and Rachel Cherwitz (right)
Human Rights
OneTaste at the Human Rights Council: When Legal Categories Drift Toward Belief Policing
A UN submission raises questions about the expanding reach of trafficking law and its impact on spiritual authority. Having recently completed with María Vardé the first academic study of the…
Asia
Fabricated Justice: The Tai Ji Men Case in Taiwan
In every democracy, there are moments when the machinery of the state not only malfunctions but is deliberately turned against its own citizens. These situations go far beyond ordinary judicial...
Asia
Bitter Winter and European experts go to Taiwan: Witnessing for Freedom of Religion or Belief
From April 5 to 11, Bitter Winter, its parent organization CESNUR, and the Brussels-based NGO Human Rights Without Frontiers organized a fact-finding tour of Taiwan, where they had decided to…
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Asia
The Tai Ji Men Case: A Test for Taiwan’s Compliance with the Two Covenants
The European Union is increasing its cooperation with Taiwan. It is an essential economic partner, particularly (but not only) in the field of semiconductors. It is also a geopolitical partner…
Europe
Jehovah’s Witnesses and Sexual Abuse: The Court of Brussels Finds the CIAOSN Report Ill-Founded
The governmental “cult watchdog” CIAOSN published a text that was methodologically faulty and included false statements, the judge said. The Palais de Justice of Brussels, the seat of the Justice…
Tai Ji Men protest in near the White House
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The Tai Ji Men Case and European Values: A Test for Democratic Taiwan
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief,…