FORB
On 26 August, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in the case Erikas Rutkauskas v. Lithuania that the religious freedom of a religious minister of Jehovah’s Witnesses had been…
FORB
On the occasion of the United Nations International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, ECR MEPs Bert-Jan Ruissen (Co-Chair of the European Parliament’s…
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The European Times talked with her about IPPFoRB, her commitment to FoRB and the state of health of religious freedom in the world A conversation with Ms Fernanda San Martin…
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In the serene heart of northeastern Bulgaria, ensconced on the right bank of the Danube, the city of Ruse—often called "Little Vienna" for its elegant 19th- and 20th-century Neo-Baroque architecture—opened…
FORB
On August 6, 2025, during a debate in the Komsomolsky District Court of the Khabarovsk Territory, the prosecutor requested punishment of 10 Jehovah's Witnesses. Believers Mikhail Dorofeev, Nikolai Kovadnev and…
FORB
In the muted corridors of European policy and the austere meeting rooms where NGOs polish their reputations, the European Federation of Centres of Research and Information on Cults and Sects—better…
FORB
How can France continue to support a government agency that has been convicted six times by the French courts in the past year? MIVILUDES (Interministerial Mission for Vigilance and Combating…
Europe
Brussels – In the decades leading up to and during World War II, several European regimes implemented policies requiring individuals to declare their ideological or religious affiliations as a precondition…
America
In today’s deeply polarized political climate, where partisan divides often seem insurmountable, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) stands out as a rare and vital example of sustained…
Europe
ROME — In the historic Sala Matteotti of Italy’s Camera dei Deputati, where law and legacy often converge, a quiet but urgent conversation unfolded this week about who gets to…
