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Discriminating against a Scientologist in Germany is illegal, Federal Court said
Discriminating against a member of Scientology, Munich City, condemned by Germany's Federal Administrative Court
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Discriminating against a Scientologist in Germany is illegal, Federal Court said
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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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France presents project A/HRC/49/L.2 on Freedom of Religion or Belief, on behalf of the EU, and gets adopted by the HRC
France on the name of the European Union presented the Project to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and the HRC adopted the…
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Finnish MP wins on all charges in major free speech trial
All charges against Finnish Parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen and Bishop Pohjola are unanimously dismissed following high-profile free speech trialThe former Finnish Minister of the Interior, faced three criminal charges for sharing…
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Freedom of religion or belief in sharp decline in Asia, a European Parliament report says
On 22 March, MEPs Peter Van Dalen and Carlo Fidanza made public their 45-page report “The EU and Freedom of Religion or Belief 2017-2021” at the European Parliament in Brussels. Willy Fautré,…
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FoRB: MEPs Van Dalen and Fidanza launch the 2017-2021 worrying report
In a statement published by the European Parliament's Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance ( FoRB & RT ), they inform of "the presentation of the…
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March 13th: The Birthday of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard
As reported on the official Scientology news site, Hubbard once remarked that there are only two tests of a life well-lived: “Did he do what he intended?” and “Were people glad…
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EVENT: The Expendable and Targeted Communities: Religious or Belief Minorities at Risk
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations invite you…
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RUSSIA – “Evil forces” fight against Putin’s army in Ukraine, Patriarch Kirill says
Surprisingly and shockingly, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia declared “about the events going on in Ukraine,” in his homily on Sunday 27 February, at the Cathedral Church of…
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How the anti-cult movement has participated to fuel Russian anti-Ukraine rhetoric
Anti-Cults - Since the Maidan events in 2014, when then President Yakunovich was forced to resign after huge protests in the streets of Ukraine, the pan-European Anti-cult movement, led by…