FOREF (Forum for Religious Freedom Europe) organized on October 4 an Info Evening on the Japanese witch hunt following the Abe assassination. Here are the videos.
Alessandro Amicarelli
One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: The Road to Serfdom and the Tai Ji Men Case
The decision by the Taichung High Administrative Court was a step towards serfdom, not liberty and democracy.
Truth, Persecution, and Tai Ji Men: An International Webinar
The United Nations have established a day for the right to know the truth about human rights violations. The Tai Ji Men case needs truth, too.
Opinion: Italy, the Great Ramadan Scare, and the Need for a “Mature Secularity”
A public school’s decision to give its students (many of whom are Muslims) a day off for Eid al Fitr has generated unnecessary controversies.
Novedades sobre la Escuela de Yoga de Buenos Aires. 4. ¿Hacia dónde vamos ahora?
Con la decisión de la Cámara de Apelaciones el caso no terminó. Los imputados ganaron una batalla importante. La “guerra” continúa.
Update on the Buenos Aires Yoga School. 4. Where Do We Go from Here
With the decision of the Court of Appeals the case did not end. The defendants won an important battle. The “war” continues.
Novedades sobre la Escuela de Yoga de Buenos Aires. 3. Los fallos de la Cámara de Apelaciones
El 7 de diciembre se anuló la elevación a juicio. El caso se devolvió al juez Lijo, con la opinión disidente de un juez de Apelaciones que habría absuelto inmediatamente a los acusados.
Update on the Buenos Aires Yoga School. 3. The Court of Appeal’s Rulings
On December 7, the elevation to trial was annulled. The case was sent back to Judge Lijo, with the dissenting opinion of one Appeal judge who would have acquitted the defendants immediately.
Update on the Buenos Aires Yoga School. 2. The Arguments of the Defense
Based inter alia on the forensic examination of the alleged “victims,” who constantly claimed they had never been victimized, the defense insisted the prosecutors had no case.
Novedades sobre la Escuela de Yoga de Buenos Aires. 2. Los argumentos de la defensa
Basándose, entre otras cosas, en el examen forense de las supuestas “víctimas”, quienes afirmaron constantemente que nunca habían sido victimizadas, la defensa insistió en que los fiscales no tenían un caso.
Alessandro Amicarelli
Alessandro Amicarelli is a member and director of Obaseki Solicitors Law Firm in London. He is a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and a barrister of Italy, specializing in International and Human Rights Law and Immigration and Refugee Law. He has lectured extensively on human rights, and taught courses inter alia at Carlo Bo University in Urbino, Italy, and Soochow University in Taipei, Taiwan (ROC). He is the current chairman and spokesperson of the European Federation for Freedom of Belief (FOB).