The prosecutor had requested thirteen years. But innocent defendants should be acquitted, not receive “lenient” sentences to save the prosecutors’ face.
Massimo Introvigne
The Cult of Nyabingi in Rwanda. 1. A Subversive African Spirituality
The story of the most important East African millenarian movement and the spirit that allegedly gave rise to it.
Rifugiati della Chiesa di Dio Onnipotente. Una nuova dichiarazione depositata alle Nazioni Unite
Il documento descrive come la persecuzione continui anche dopo che i credenti sono riusciti a lasciare la Cina.
New United Nations Filing: Refugees from The Church of Almighty God Remain in Danger
CAP-LC’s latest submission to the Human Rights Council describes how persecution continues even after believers escape China.
Forced-Labor Law and Religion Collide in the US: A UN Filing Raises Alarm
A newly submitted NGO statement warns that expansive readings of trafficking legislation may place spiritual communities at risk.
The Tai Ji Men Case at the United Nations Again: A Debate on Transitional Justice
A new NGO filing at the Human Rights Council describes how victims face procedural barriers long after transitions to democracy.
日本の統一教会事件：耳を傾けなくなった社会に一人の学者が訴える
宗教法人が十分な社会的議論もないまま解散させられる――日本はなぜ、このような状況に至ったのか。仲正昌樹氏が振り返る。
Frank Dikötter’s “Red Dawn Over China”: When History Is Itself Anti-Communist
A must-read scholarly book, criticized by Chinese propaganda, illuminates the early CCP with rare archival depth and uncompromising independence.
The Rudnev Case Returns to the United Nations
Two accredited NGOs call the attention of the Human Rights Council to Prosecutor Arrigo’s questionable campaign against the Russian dissident in Argentina.
Why “Cults” Resist Repression in China: A Major Study by Two PRC Scholars
Xi Chen and Xu Jing analyze thousands of judicial decisions and add fieldwork data to explain why campaigns against “xie jiao” remain a CCP priority but do not work.
Massimo Introvigne
Massimo Introvigne (born June 14, 1955 in Rome) is an Italian sociologist of religions. He is the founder and managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), an international network of scholars who study new religious movements. Introvigne is the author of some 70 books and more than 100 articles in the field of sociology of religion. He was the main author of the Enciclopedia delle religioni in Italia (Encyclopedia of Religions in Italy). He is a member of the editorial board for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion and of the executive board of University of Pennsylvania Press’ Nova Religio. From January 5 to December 31, 2011, he has served as the "Representative on combating racism, xenophobia and discrimination, with a special focus on discrimination against Christians and members of other religions" of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2012 to 2015 he served as chairperson of the Observatory of Religious Liberty, instituted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to monitor problems of religious liberty on a worldwide scale.