Despite her health issues, Niu Xiaona was transferred from Harbin No. 2 Detention Center to the notorious “cemetery of Falun Gong ladies.”
Religious Liberty
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 2. American Anti-Cultism and Deprogramming
Based on pseudo-scientific theories of brainwashing, anti-cultists supported the criminal but lucrative business of deprogramming.
USCIRF Condemns Violence Against Christians in Pakistan
Nazir Gil Masih, lynched by a mob in Sargodha, died in the hospital. The situation is no longer tolerable, the American commission says.
Should States Control Religious Liberty? A Conference in Rome
An international gathering of scholars hosted by the Church of Scientology in Rome raised questions of great importance for all faiths.
Now, It’s Uganda: Churches Fight New Restrictive Draft Religious Policy
Deaths by fasting in Kenya are used to put all religions under state control. Churches vow to “stand firm to the last drop of our blood until the policy is dropped.”
Russia: Towards a Liquidation of the Greek Catholic Church?
A priest in Omsk was detained for “rehabilitation of Nazism.” The FSB warned that “the fate of the Greek Catholic Church in Russia” is at stake.
Taiwanese Cultural Heritage and Religious Liberty Issues
The master-disciple relationship is a key part of traditional Chinese and Tai Ji Men culture. It was distorted and misunderstood in the tax case.
Diocese of Baoding, Repression of Catholic Conscientious Objectors Continue
Those who refuse the Vatican-China deal and do not join the Patriotic Catholic Church are “disappeared.”
Shqipëri: Pastori ungjillor shpallet fajtor për «gjuhën e urrejtjes» ndaj Dëshmitarëve të Jehovait.
Pastori Paulin Vilajeti e quajti organizatën në një emision televiziv një «sekt të rrezikshëm Satanik» «mbjellës të urrejtjes» dhe «nxitës të vetëvrasjes».
Brazil: Pop Singer Anitta Becomes Target of Intolerance After Candomblé Video
What is in fact a pro-religious-liberty song triggered hate reactions by enemies of Brazilian African religions.