The decision against a man in Prokopyevsk confirmed that courts now treat with the same harshness “indesirable” and “extremist” organizations.
Massimo Introvigne
France: The New Anti-Cult Law Denounced to the Constitutional Council
More than 60 Senators claim that the new article incriminating “psychological subjection” is against the Constitution and international treaties signed by France.
Pakistan: Mainline Newspaper Ridicules Itself by Spreading Chinese Propaganda on Xinjiang
“The Express Tribune,” which is in partnership with “The New York Times,” published two op-ed pieces claiming that happiness and religious liberty reign in the Uyghur region.
The UN Condemns Pakistan Again for the Abductions and Forced Conversion and Marriages of Christian and Hindu Girls
On April 11, 2024, a forceful statement urged Pakistani authorities to respect their international obligations.
フランス、上院の反対を押し切って新たな反カルト法を可決
この法律は「心理的服従」という新たな犯罪を創設し、主流の医療を批判する可能性を制限し、宗教や信仰の自由を深刻な危険にさらしている。
A Conference Discusses the Religious Liberty Crisis in Japan and Internationally
While there are other critical situations, including in France, what is happening in Japan is unprecedented in a democratic country in our century.
“Fatti nuovi” nella persecuzione religiosa in Cina: il dopo-COVID e le conseguenze della Conferenza nazionale sulla religione del dicembre 2021
Una risposta del direttore di “Bitter Winter” a quesiti posti da avvocati italiani su come è cambiata la situazione della religione in Cina tra il 2020 e il 2024.
Pakistan: Discrimination Against Ahmadis Extends to Hospitals
The Pakistan Medical Association displayed anti-Ahmadi banners in front of the Allied Hospital in Faisalabad and called for discrimination of the Ahmadi patients.
Malgré le rejet au Sénat, la France adopte une nouvelle loi anti-sectes
La loi crée un nouveau délit de « sujétion psychologique », restreint la possibilité de critiquer les traitements médicaux « officiels » et met gravement en danger la liberté de religion ou de croyance.
South Korea: Adventist Student Allowed to Refuse University Admission Interview on Saturday
Reversing an earlier jurisprudence, both the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court ruled that schedules should be adjusted to respect religious liberty.
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.