It was not only about the National Tax Bureau. Other bureaucrats also violated the law, and played a key role in the persecution of the Taiwanese movement.
Massimo Introvigne
FECRIS Sentenced in Germany for Defaming Jehovah’s Witnesses
A landmark decision by the District Court of Hamburg found the anti-cult federation guilty of 18 counts of untrue factual allegations.
China’s New White Paper on Tibet: “We Will Pick Up the Next Dalai Lama”
May 23 marked the 70th anniversary of the Seventeen Point Agreement China compelled Tibetans to sign in 1951. The CCP insists it should control reincarnations.
Whitewashing China: The Rise of “Belt and Road Journalism”
A report by the International Federation of Journalists reveals how China manipulates the media about COVID-19 (and Xinjiang). Italy is the worst case.
Lithuanian Parliament Condemns “Uyghur Genocide”
Lithuania joins its voice to the U.S., Canada, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom that have already used the G-word. Beijing is not pleased.
Ivan Aguéli: The Painter Who Invented the Word “Islamophobia”
Artist, anarchist, Theosophist, and Sufi, the Swedish artist coined the word in 1904, and defended Islam against Western stereotypes.
Why the Indiana Payne-Elliott Decision Is Good for Religious Liberty
The court sided with a Catholic high school that fired a teacher who entered into a same-sex marriage. It is about freedom of religion, not LGBT rights.
Vatican Appoints New Bishop of Hong Kong
Jesuit Stephen Chow Sau-yan is a compromise choice between pro-Beijing candidate Peter Choy and his anti-CCP rival, Joseph Ha.
France’s Strange War Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses
A report submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee details 25 years of discrimination and harassment against Jehovah’s Witnesses.
China Occupies Sacred Land in Bhutan, Threatens India
The construction of Chinese villages in a holy Buddhist area in occupied Bhutanese territory is part of a wider anti-Indian strategy.
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.