freedom of conscience

***Lyons, April 28, 2000
Claude is a Protestant. The freedoms of his Evangelical Association are being more and more restricted due to the growing climate of fear of “cults” that is spreading in France today and affecting many religions groups.
I represent the CLEF Association [Lyons Evangelization and Training Circle], which is affiliated with the French Evangelical [...]

Who ordered a police crackdown on a peaceful spiritual group in Saône and Loire?
HRWF (21.01.2010) - Website: www.hrwf.net - Email: info@hrwf.net -  On 7 January at 9 am, about 20 law enforcement officers rushed into the Domaine de Chardenoux, a spiritual centre located in Bruailles (Saône and Loire), and searched the whole compound until 6 [...]

***LA CROIX
30/07/2009
Joseph Maila explains the final purpose of his mission, at the head of the Pole Religions, Quai d’Orsay, and its functioning.
You lead the new « Pole Religions », created on 1st of June within the direction of analysis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. What does it means?
JM: This is the result of an initiative of [...]

Le Monde – Saturday 30 May 2009
The sect, fraud, and the prosecutor
This trial which started on the 25th of May in Paris is a test to find out whether France remains especially watchful on sectarian abuses or if it has gone off-guard.  One can remember the ambiguous statement on the President’s chief of staff, minimized [...]

Fight against sects: the orientations of Georges Fenech continue to generate worry
Le Monde 2009 04 06
Six months after his posting as head of Miviludes, he should receive in the coming days his official battle plan from the Prime Minister who has direct authority upon him.
If he didn’t yet get the last arbitrations, the former MP [...]

TITLE : Infringement by the State into the evaluation of the legitimity of religious beliefs

Translation of the reply dated March 5, 2009 to a written question by Senator Masson

Dear Sir,
The association CAP Freedom of Conscience stands for members of religious minorities and individuals supporting freedom of conscience.
We would like to draw to your attention the behaviour of one member of the Miviludes, a body placed under your authority.
Many of our members were shocked by the recent statements of MP Jean-Pierre Brard(1), a member [...]

 
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