The “2023 Annual Report on the Chinese Communist Government’s Persecution of The Church of Almighty God” is essential reading to understand religious repression in China.
Massimo Introvigne
Repression of Falun Gong Continues in Russia
The Simonovsky District Court of Moscow prosecutes nine practitioners as “agents of the U.S. Department of State.”
Colombia: Constitutional Court Orders Removal of Virgin Mary Statue from Public Office
A Seventh-day Baptist woman had claimed the display of the statue violated her freedom of religion. Catholics announce a national protest.
日本は国家主導のディプログラミングを導入しようとしているのか?
1月19日の閣議で、背教者である元メンバーの助けを借りて、統一教会の現役信者を「カルト」からの脱会に導くことを目的とした提案がなされた。
Iglesia Tabernáculo Internacional: Argentinian Court Chastises PROTEX for Fabricating Victims
The defendants were absolved and the judge recommended to investigate the “scandalous” abuses of the anti-trafficking agencies and psychologists.
Should Chinese Electric Cars Be Banned in the West?
They are coming and they may soon dominate the market. But they are more than vehicles and may transmit sensitive data to China outside any control.
日本は「カルト」の「被害者」を人為的に増やす運用基準を提案している
新しい草案のもとでは、もし反カルトの弁護士や政府が、彼女は被害を受けたと言うなら、本人が否定しても「被害者」にされる。
Russia, Crackdown on the Esoteric Movement Allya Ayat Continues
In Siberia’s Altai Republic a new wave of repression targeted some 150 believers of the large group founded in Kazakhstan.
Pakistani Clerics Issue Fatwa Prohibiting Election Campaigning by Women
In Kohistan, Deobandi ulema does not challenge the law allowing women to be candidates—but they say they cannot campaign.
Bloody Regimes and “Drunk Drivers”: The IRF Summit Rocks Washington DC
The largest religious liberty event of the year challenged the brutality of China and Russia but also noted that democratic countries such as Japan look like dangerous intoxicated drivers.
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.