Le Saint-Siège a rappelé à la France que lorsque des tribunaux civils remettent en cause la décision d’expulser une moniale de son ordre religieux, la liberté de religion est « gravement violée ».
Religious Liberty
Dominican Sisters of the Holy Spirit: Vatican vs France on Religious Liberty
The Holy See reminded France that when civil courts second-guess the decision of expelling a nun from her religious order, freedom of religion is “gravely violated.”
Horror Continues in the Heilongjiang Provincial Women’s Prison
A Falun Gong practitioner denounces brutal torture in the jail where two of her co-religionists were persecuted to death this year.
Russia: Sentenced to Forced Labor for Posting New Generation Church Material on Social Media
The decision against a man in Prokopyevsk confirmed that courts now treat with the same harshness “indesirable” and “extremist” organizations.
Once Popular, Deng Haipeng’s “Soul Shaping” Is Liquidated as a Xie Jiao
The leader of a self-help group turned new religious movement was sentenced to seventeen years and six months in jail and his organization was banned.
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.
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.
Sichuan’s Qiuyu Qingcaodi Church: Elders Wu Jiannan and Hao Ming Sentenced to Jail Terms
After a persecution that started in 2018, the two elders were sentenced to three years in jail with a suspended sentence of five years.
Fostering Spirituality: Four Levels of Freedom of Religion or Belief
Governments can be classified in four groups according to their respect of religious liberty. To achieve the highest level, Taiwan needs to solve the Tai Ji Men case.