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Provincial court rules in Jehovah’...

Provincial court rules in Jehovah’s Witness’ favor
Implementation of decision to prosecute 64-year-old Jehovah’s Witness widow cancelled Portal-credo.ru (08.11.2011) – A Tver provincial court, on review, quashed the implementation of a decision to prosecute Liubova Belimovaia, who is a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organization, on the basis of article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Procedure of RF...

Scientologists win request for appeal ag...

Scientologists win request for appeal against ‘extremism’ ruling
Moscow provincial court orders acceptance of Scientologist appeal of decision of city court finding Ron Hubbard’s books « extremist »   Portal-credo.ru (08.11.2011) – A session of the appeals college of the Moscow provincial court regarding appeals from Scientologists was held 8 November. As a Portal-credo.ru correspondent reports, Judge Svetlana...

Jehovah’s Witnesses evangelists de...

Jehovah’s Witnesses evangelists detained
Police officers threaten Jehovah’s Witnesses in Belgorod Province    Portal-credo.ru (11.11.2011) – On 29 October in the city of Valuika, Belgorod province, police Major Georgii Shtepin approached Sergei Brovko and Vasilina Shepetina, who were sharing their faith with other people, and demanded they follow him. At the police station, it was explained to the...

Kazakhstan : raids against protestant ch...

Kazakhstan : raids against protestant church
 KAZAKHSTAN: LAWS ENFORCED ALTHOUGH NOT YET IN FORCE  Kazakhstan is enforcing laws before they have come into force, Forum 18 News Service has found. In Atyrau, police and KNB secret police officers raided a meeting for worship of an officially registered Protestant church, New Life, claiming that under the new Religion Law the church cannot meet outside its legal address. The church...

MIVILUDES exporting the French model

MIVILUDES exporting the French model
Speech at the OSCE 27 September 2011 Created ten years ago to fight against discrimination of religious or belief minorities, the European Coordination for Freedom of Conscience CAP LC which I am representing here wishes to protest against the policy of MIVILUDES, the French Inter-ministerial Mission of Vigilance and Fight Against Sectarian Drifts, designed at “exporting” in various...

Who is behind the Israeli Center for Vic...

« Self enhancement workshops? Course in Kabala? Meditation? Yoga? « The Israeli Center for Victims of Cults » doesn’t care: as far as they are concerned these are cults that should be fought. « 7 Days » exposes the fact that the Center itself, operating under a secular appearance, is mostly funded secretively by the...

German Jesuits offer payment to sex-abus...

German Jesuits offer payment to sex-abuse victims EarthTimes (« Deutsche Press-Agentur, » January 26, 2011) Berlin, Germany – Germany’s Jesuit order of Catholic priests is offering to pay 1 million euros (1.36 million dollars) in compensation to some 200 victims of sex abuse. The offer, equivalent to 5,000 euros per person, was made public on Wednesday....

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