Bitter Winter

Not even one of the women “liberated” by the French police in 2023 admitted she was a “victim.” The Apple TV series ignored them.

The case of Samten reveals the familiar cycle of detention, torture, and official denials.

“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