It is unclear whether the anti-apostasy statute is still in force. To be on the safer side, judges enforce it anyway.
From the World
Khalistan Movement Attacks Hindu Temple in Canada
Violent extremists claiming the Sikh homeland in India should become an independent state remain a problem in Canada and other countries.
Japan and the Unification Church: The Case Before the UN Human Rights Committee
The assault on the Unification Church after the Abe assassination is incompatible with several articles of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Godparents: Catholic Church Free to Decide Who Cannot Be One, Chilean Court Said
The Court of Appeal of San Miguel stated judges cannot interfere with Church decisions on these matters.
“Cults”: The French Law, A Model for Japan?
The About-Picard law is a failed and wrong statute that should be repealed in France rather than exported abroad.
Feet of Clay: The French MIVILUDES Acknowledges the Faulty Bases of Its Reports
These bases are the “saisines” (in theory, alerts by those who write to denounce a “cultic deviance”). We now learn the “saisines” are not real “reports.”
Rabwah: Are Ahmadis Safe There?
In some countries, asylum is denied to Ahmadiyya devotees coming from a city where they are in the majority. But they are killed even there.
“They Kill Russian Children, Cats, and Pigeons”: Russian Anti-Cultists Accuse Ukraine of Spreading Imaginary “Cults” in Russia
Roman Silantyev insists that “Columbine Satanism” and MKU (Maniacs: Murder Cult) work for Ukraine in Russian territory. They do not exist, but the FSB arrests hundreds of alleged members anyway.
Pakistan: Protests in Two Countries After Forced Conversion of Sikh Girl to Islam
A schoolteacher was abducted at gunpoint from her home, and forced to convert to Islam and marry the man who had raped her—“voluntarily,” a Pakistani court said.
London Has Now the First Shrine for Persecuted Christians in Europe
An initiative of Father Benedict Kiely, it reminds the world that Christians are the most persecuted minority internationally.