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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,…
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US Commission on International Religious Freedom Releases 2022 Annual Report
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released its 2022 Annual Report documenting developments during 2021, including significant regress in countries such as Afghanistan and the…
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RUSSIA: 5th anniversary of the ban of Jehovah’s Witnesses: Statistics about the repression
JW World Headquarters (20.04.2022) - April 20, 2022 will mark five years since Russia’s Supreme Court criminalized the activity of Jehovah’s Witnesses, liquidated some 400 of their legal entities, and…
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The European Parliament has condemned the role of Russian Patriarch Kirill in the war (updated)
In a resolution on 7 April 2022 about the increasing repression in Russia, including the case of Alexei Navalny, the European Parliament condemned the role of Moscow Patriarch Kirill in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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Council of Europe: The battle for human rights in mental health continues
The decision-making body of the Council has started its review process of a controversial drafted text that aim at protecting human rights and dignity of persons who are subjected to…
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Justice and reparations still critical, 30 years on from Sarajevo siege
Thirty years after the siege of Sarajevo, the UN team in Bosnia and Herzegovina reiterated the importance on Wednesday of pursuing justice and reparation for victims, survivors and their family…
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ECtHR: Belgium condemned for discriminating against Jehovah’s Witnesses
Belgium was condemned for discriminating against Jehovah's Witnesses. Failure to grant congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses exemption from property tax in the Brussels-Capital Region since 2018 was discriminatory ECHR 122 (2022)…
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Nazism in Ukraine: Separating Facts from Fiction
Nazism in Ukraine - Sociologist Massimo Introvigne has just published, in his already popular online magazine BitterWinter.ORG, a series of articles with in-depth research to separate facts from fiction, about…
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Support, resignation, fear, protest… Russians facing the war in Ukraine
Alors qui peut arrêter Vladimir Poutine dans cette guerre (ou dans ses futures guerres) ?
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Exoplanets: Weird, Wondrous Worlds [Video]
There’s a huge amount of variety among exoplanets – planets outside our solar system. There are water worlds, lava planets, egg-shaped worlds, planets with multiple suns, and even planets with…