Curtea Europeană a Drepturilor Omului a hotărât că Italia a încălcat principiile fundamentale ale egalității și libertății religioase.
Massimo Introvigne
CEDO garantează dreptul Martorilor lui Iehova la predicarea din casă în casă
Curtea de la Strasbourg condamnă o interdicție adoptată de o autoritate locală din Bulgaria și stabilește un standard exigent pentru măsurile statale ce afectează prozelitismul.
Hidden Cameras in the Laogai: Orville Schell’s Long-Delayed Exposé
In 1991, he filmed forced labor inside Chinese penal colonies for “60 Minutes.” Fear of reprisals left his story unpublished for more than three decades.
The Paper Trail of Repression: Chinese Procurement Records Expose the Surveillance Industry
A C4ADS study follows tenders and invoices across Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Tibet, and Hong Kong to name the companies supplying Beijing’s watchers.
The OneTaste Case Reaches Warsaw’s OSCE-ODIHR Meeting
CAP-LC warns that expanding coercion to “psychological influence” endangers spiritual, therapeutic, and self-development communities.
Konstantin Rudnev: The Reach of Russian Disinformation Denounced at the OSCE
CAP‑LC warned that reputational harm exported across borders threatens dissent and freedom of belief.
Jóhannes Kjarval: The Icelandic Painter Who Saw Spirits in the Lava
Shaped by Einar Jónsson, William Blake, Theosophy, and the esoteric circles of London, Copenhagen, and Reykjavík, his nation’s best-loved artist filled moss and rock with hidden presences.
Decolonial Endurance on China’s Margins: Lisu Lives Under Chinese “Development”
An anthropologist follows pain, care, and birth‑planning violence in the Nu River Valley, offering lessons for other indigenous peoples under Beijing’s rule.
St Peter’s Evangelical Church: Iran Faces UN Scrutiny After Confiscation Threat
United Nations warns that the situation of Christian communities in Iran has reached a critical moment and urges immediate protective measures.
BAPS, Women, and the Eiffel Tower: A False “Cult” Scandal
Remember the “Indian cult” who asked female employees to be removed during its visit to the Tour Eiffel? It was fake news, an official report says.
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.