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Bitter Winter

A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

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Featured Global

Alexander Dvorkin featured

08/18/2021 Bitter Winter

The Anti-Cult Ideology and FECRIS: Dangers for Religious Freedom. A White Paper

Six scholars look at the European Federation of Centres of Research and Information on Cults and Sects, and conclude it is dangerous for religious liberty.

The Old Building, the Borgarting Court of Appeal, Oslo, Norway

08/06/2021 Massimo Introvigne

Jehovah’s Witnesses: A Strange Norwegian Decision

A Norwegian court “annulled” an ecclesiastical decision disfellowshipping a woman—a clear violation of religious freedom.

The Detention Center of Bagong Diwa

08/05/2021 Massimo Introvigne

Guru Jára: Why Philippines Should Grant Asylum

International precedents support a religion-based claim for Jaroslav Dobeš and Barbora Plášková.

Female devotees during a “spiritual trekking” in Rocamadour, France.

08/04/2021 Massimo Introvigne

Guru Jára: The Czech Court Case

Contesting the verdicts where they were sentenced for sexual abuse, as biased, Jaroslav Dobeš and Barbora Plášková seek asylum in the Philippines.

Bungee jumping meditation in Switzerland, 2012.

08/03/2021 Massimo Introvigne

The Controversial Teachings of Guru Jára

Why the teachings of the Czech esoteric master generated a furious reaction, which prepared the unfavorable court verdicts.

Retreat in the Beskids Mountains, 1998.

08/02/2021 Massimo Introvigne

The Odyssey of Guru Jára

Czech spiritual teacher Jaroslav Dobeš and his co-worker Barbora Plášková, sentenced for sexual abuse, claim they are innocent and seek asylum in the Philippines.

Ambassador Brownback at the Summit, here with dizi (disciples) of Tai Ji Men.

07/26/2021 Massimo Introvigne

International Religious Freedom Summit: Why It Was A Great Success

1,000 religious leaders and activists gathered to continue the work Ambassador Sam Brownback carried out on behalf of religious liberty.

Devil-in-a-Lawyers-Suit

07/21/2021 Massimo Introvigne

Australia: World Premiere on Bitter Winter of Movie on Lawyer Accused of Raping Refugee Clients

“Devil in a Lawyers Suit” is about David Bitel, who died of cancer before trial when he was facing 21 charges of sexual abuse.

Les Cousseux, in Villiers-sur-Marne, in the times of the “Uncle Auguste.” It is still the main meeting point of La Famille. From Facebook.

07/17/2021 Massimo Introvigne

Who Is Afraid of “La Famille”?

All of a sudden, French media “discovered” a new “cult.” It has been in existence for more than 200 years, and is now threatened by the government.

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