This week, the European Parliament's plenary adopted a report, which, after many years, could have taken a strong action in defence of freedom of religion of minorities suffering persecution. “Instead, the ideological 'pressure' of...
World Press Freedom Day must protect media but also religion from hurtful lies - Charter on Journalistic Ethics in Relation to Respect for Religion or Belief
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, May 5, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Freedom of...
Conference at the Press Club in Brussels on 4 May, 3pm – 5pm
Tai Ji Men is a menpai (similar to school) of qigong, martial arts, and self-cultivation, and its shifu (master) and dizi (disciple) have long been committed to international...
On May 2nd, the European Parliament made a short presentation of their report Persecution of minorities on the grounds of belief or religion (short presentation), of which The European Times has transcribed the English...
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 Central African Republic (CAR)....
The Think Tank of the European Parliament has published this briefing by Magdalena PASIKOWSKA-SCHNASS, about the Dialogue of the EU institutions with churches, and religious and philosophical organisations. This text is reproduced here to...
Why Scientologists Fight Back Against Discrimination is a blog originally published by STAND (Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination). His author is Rodger Clark, described in their site as "Contractor, history buff, compulsive learner, currently...
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 confiscated their houses of...
By Nathan Morley - Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli police in Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Friday.
This site in Jerusalem’s Old City saw frenzied scenes as 150 Palestinians were wounded in clashes with...
Scientology and its members continue to gather support from experts and authorities around the world for their freedom to live and practice their religion
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, April 14, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In a growing world...
Freedom of Religion or Belief in North Korea is certainly not a "boring" issue, even if it might be frustrating. The Member of the European Parliament Mr. Bert-Jan Ruissen, an expert on the subject,...
Russia must stop aggression and destruction of religious sites and places of worship – joint statement by Special Representatives of OSCE and CoE
VIENNA/STRASBOURG, 13 April 2022 – As the Russian military attack against Ukraine...
Ever since the eyes of the world have turned to the conflict in Ukraine, it is difficult to speak of religious freedom.
First, the COVID, and then the war have hidden the minor but no...
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) 05.04.2022
In today’s Chamber judgment1, in...
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 project.
Programme Planning and...
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 her faith-based beliefs, including...
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, director of Human Rights...
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 periodic report published by...
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 he lived?”
The site...
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 to two side events...
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 Christ the Saviour:
“God forbid...
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 the European Federation of...
BARCELONA, SPAIN, March 3, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Scientology presents an exhibition on religious diversity in Barcelona.
It is an exhibition renewed and enlarged by Scientology and the Fundación Mejora, which was produced by the UNESCO Association for...
Konstantin Bazhenov was deprived of his citizenship due to his criminal prosecution. See a video report and his testimony in Russian.
In 2021, one of the first Jehovah's Witnesses that was sent behind bars after the Russian Supreme...