Is the part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church that remained in communion with Moscow really breaking with Kirill—or just pretending to?
Willy Fautré
Putin Lied About the 2014 Odessa Tragedy – Part 2
“About 40 anti-Maidan activists died in Kulikovo Square on May 2, 2014.” But were they killed deliberately?
Putin Lied About the 2014 Odessa Tragedy
“Nazis burned alive peaceful pro-Russians,” Putin said. Willy Fautré went to Odessa to investigate in 2014. The real story was different.
De Gentse rechtszaak tegen Jehovah’s Getuigen: Een chronologie
Het strafrechtelijk onderzoek kwam eerder dit jaar in de schijnwerpers te staan, maar begon eigenlijk al in 2015.
Le jugement contre les Témoins de Jéhovah par la Cour de Gand : Chronologie des événements
L’enquête criminelle qui s’est retrouvée sous le feu des projecteurs au début de l’année, a en réalité commencé en 2015.
Der Fall Gent gegen Jehovas Zeugen: Eine Chronologie
Die strafrechtlichen Ermittlungen, die Anfang dieses Jahres ins Rampenlicht gerückt sind, begannen eigentlich schon 2015.
Flemish Law on Religion: Dangerous for Religious Freedom
On 4 June, after receiving the opinion of the Council of State, the Flemish government gave its final approval to the controversial decree.
The Ghent Case Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses: A Chronology
The criminal investigation that got into the spotlight earlier this year did in fact start in 2015.
The Belgian Case Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses: The Bible in the Dock?
A criminal court in Ghent is called to examine how the Jehovah’s Witnesses deal with some of their ex-members. They maintain they just follow the Scripture.
Jehovah’s Witnesses Disfellowshipping Practices on Trial in Belgium
The Court of Ghent should rule on whether policies towards “apostate” ex-members are discriminatory and incite to hatred. We believe they don’t.
Willy Fautré
Willy Fautré, former chargé de mission at the Cabinet of the Belgian Ministry of Education and at the Belgian Parliament. He is the director of Human Rights Without Frontiers, an NGO based in Brussels that he founded in 1988. His organization defends human rights in general but also the rights of persons belonging to historical religions, non-traditional and new religious movements. It is apolitical and independent from any religion.
He has carried out fact-finding missions on human rights and religious freedom in more than 25 countries He is a lecturer in universities in the field of religious freedom and human rights. He has published many articles in university journals about relations between state and religions. He organizes conferences at the European Parliament, including on freedom of religion or belief in China. For years, he has developed religious freedom advocacy in European institutions, at the OSCE and at the UN.