Former EU Envoy for Freedom of Religion tackles Covid restrictions on public worship at Europe’s Top Human Rights Court. The case is one of the first ones where Europe’s top human rights court examines the impact of Covid restrictions on religious freedom in Europe.
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Censored addresses the rise of so-called ‘hate speech’ laws throughout Europe and their devastating effect on freedom of speech. In Germany, for example, committing an ‘insult’ is a criminal offence and in Poland offending ‘religious feelings’ carries a two year prison sentence.
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Support the grandmother and Member of Parliament who never thought she’d face criminal charges for sharing her deeply held beliefs in public.
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In Berlin, the pharmacist Andreas Kersten continues to be prosecuted for acting in line with his conscience.
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Two Bulgarian pastors stood up against a scaremongering campaign by their local government to label all non-Eastern Orthodox Christians as sects and warn children off against them. The ECHR heard their case, they won and were awarded damages.
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“Dear future Mum: Don’t be afraid. Your child will be able to hug you, and to go to school.” This warm message contained in “Dear Future Mum”; the infomercial starring eighteen young people with Down Syndrome, was censored.
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A German private hybrid school has been denied accreditation on the basis that the students would spend too little time in school and hence don’t sufficiently socialize.
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Dr. Ján Figeľ challenges the COVID-19 worship ban in his country at Europe’s top human rights court.
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The number of Christians in Turkey has diminished from 20 percent to 0.2 percent of the population in the last 100 years. Although Turkey does not have a constitutionally recognized state religion, its government is increasingly marked by Islamization and nationalism, which creates challenges for religious minorities, particularly Christians.
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