How media fueled the racist riots: coordinated narratives turned a police operation into a public threat.
Massimo Introvigne
The Saga of AROPL: Racism, Riots, and Violence
Sensationalist media, fake news, and propaganda fueled a rapid mobilization of violent protests.
Gustaf Fjaestad: Theosophy and the Winter Light of the Invisible
A Swedish master whose snow-covered landscapes were shaped as much by Theosophy and spiritual inquiry as by nature itself.
Christian Gospel Mission and the Moment Stigma Turned Physical: The Case Reaches the United Nations
A followup submission to the Human Rights Council details how sustained hostility toward CGM members culminated in a violent assault only days after CAPLC’s warning.
When “Autonomy” Means Obedience: China’s New “Social Sciences With Chinese Characteristics”
A CCP manifesto reveals how scholarship is being redesigned as an instrument of ideological discipline.
Cuando la justicia se vuelve hostil: el calvario que llevó a Konstantin Rudnev a una cirugía
Diagnósticos ignorados, medicamentos denegados y presión sobre los médicos culminan en una operación peligrosa, mientras los fiscales siguen insistiendo en devolverlo a prisión.
When Justice Turns Hostile: The Ordeal That Brought Konstantin Rudnev to Surgery
Ignored diagnoses, denied medicines, and pressure on doctors culminate in a dangerous operation, while prosecutors still insist on returning him to prison.
El caso Rudnev vuelve al Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU
CAP‑LC y United for Human Rights buscan justicia para el disidente político y espiritual ruso, imputado en Argentina por acusaciones dudosas.
沖野判事：洗脳理論を真に信じる人物が統一教会事件を裁くのか？
かつて反カルト・セミナーで当該宗教団体を非難した裁判官は、公平ではなく、忌避されるべきである。
The Rudnev Case at the United Nations Human Rights Council—Again
CAP-LC and United for Human Rights seek justice for the political and spiritual Russian dissident prosecuted in Argentina with dubious accusations.
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 California 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.