Bitter Winter

“Apostate” ex-members have a right to express their distress, and their stories should be carefully considered. But are they always believable?

New research shows how authorities have found a new way to punish prisoners of conscience by taking away their earned pensions.

The strange but important role of a shadowy figure in instigating the prosecution of Bivolaru and MISA in France.

Lawyers for Zion Church face suspensions, threats, and pressure to renounce both their cases and their faith.

An Apple TV series against Gregorian Bivolaru and his movement even rehabilitates the notorious Securitate police of Ceaușescu.

The comprehensive assessment of how freedom of religion is threatened in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, and by organized crime, omits the stigmatization of “cults” in democratic countries.

Regulations prohibiting minors from entering churches are now strictly enforced.

When religious freedom faces a new threat in media reports that obscure and distort reality

Because of his health problems, the prison declined to admit him. He is now under house arrest.

The Islamabad High Court has condemned religion-based sanitation job ads, but the practice continues despite constitutional protections.