Jan Leonid Bornstein

Brussels

Reporter at The European Times News

Informing influential people is my aim. I write for The European Times @europeantimes_

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A Growing Crisis: The Rise of Ketamine Use Among Britain’s Youth

1 week ago | europeantimes.news | Jan Leonid Bornstein |Juan Sanchez Gil

In the neon-lit corners of London’s underground rave scene, a quiet crisis is unfolding. While cocaine and ecstasy remain staples of Britain’s nightlife, a more insidious trend is gaining traction: ketamine, once relegated to the fringes of the drug world, is surging in popularity among young people.
Macron’s Firm Stand: Defending Religious Freedom After Mosque Attack

1 week ago | europeantimes.news | Jan Leonid Bornstein |Juan Sanchez Gil

The early‑morning stabbing of 22‑year‑old Aboubakar Cissé on April 25 inside the Khadija mosque of La Grand‑Combe has forced France to confront a surge in anti‑Muslim violence that many fear is eroding the republic’s secular ideals. Cissé, a Malian national who arrived at the mosque before dawn to prepare for Friday prayers, was attacked with a knife more than forty times by a 21‑year‑old Frenchman who filmed the killing and shouted insults at God before fleeing.
El perro guardián a juicio: cómo MIVILUDES perdió su credibilidad

1 week ago | europahoy.news | Jan Leonid Bornstein

PARÍS — En una cálida mañana de junio de 2024, el Tribunal Administrativo de París dictó un veredicto que causó conmoción en las instituciones laicas de Francia. El tribunal dictaminó que la MIVILUDES —la Misión Interministerial de Vigilancia y Lucha contra las Derivas Sectarias de Francia— había publicado afirmaciones inexactas e imposibles de verificar sobre determinados grupos religiosos minoritarios en su informe de 2021.
The Watchdog on Trial: How MIVILUDES Lost Its Credibility

2 weeks ago | europeantimes.news | Jan Leonid Bornstein |Juan Sanchez Gil

PARIS — On a warm June morning in 2024, the Administrative Court of Paris delivered a verdict that sent ripples through France’s secular institutions. The court ruled that the MIVILUDES — France’s Interministerial Mission for Vigilance and Combat against Cultic Deviances — had published inaccurate and unverifiable claims about certain minority religious groups in its 2021 report. The ruling came as part of a long-running dispute over the agency’s role, its methods, and the accuracy of its work.
Beijing’s Invisible Hand: How China Extends Its Repression to Foreign Shores

2 weeks ago | europeantimes.news | Jan Leonid Bornstein |Juan Sanchez Gil

It begins with a phone call. A voice, calm and persuasive, tells the émigré to come home. Sometimes the pressure is gentle. Sometimes it turns to menace. Thousands of miles from Beijing, opponents of China’s Communist Party discover they are never truly beyond its reach. New investigations by an international consortium of journalists have revealed the scale and sophistication of China’s campaign to monitor, intimidate, and sometimes coerce its critics living abroad.
A Legal and Moral Critique

2 weeks ago | europeantimes.news | Jan Leonid Bornstein |Juan Sanchez Gil

Germany has long been regarded as a bastion of constitutional democracy and a vocal defender of human rights on the international stage. Yet one discriminatory practice has persisted quietly within its borders for decades: the use of so-called “sect filters.” These declarations, demanded by certain public bodies and private employers, require individuals to disavow any connection to the Church of Scientology.
When Vigilance Turns into Ideology: MIVILUDES and the Jehovah’s Witnesses

1 month ago | europeantimes.news | Jan Leonid Bornstein |Juan Sanchez Gil

MIVILUDES, the French government agency tasked with monitoring so-called “cultic deviations,” recently released its latest report, covering the years 2021 to 2024. While it claims to protect the public from harmful practices, the report raises a troubling question: when does vigilance cross the line into religious discrimination? And what happens to state neutrality when facts are replaced by biased narratives?
France 2: Hidden Cameras, Journalistic Ethics and State Television

Jul 20, 2024 | europeantimes.news | Jan Leonid Bornstein |activities. He |Juan Sanchez Gil

Journalistic ethics is a delicate subject. There is such a need to protect the press from various forms of interference, and to preserve its freedom, that very often, any criticism of a journalist or a press service is perceived as an attempt to muzzle his or her speech. And this is often the case. Laws protecting journalists’ freedom are necessary. But what about ethical lapses? Should we refrain from criticizing them to avoid weakening the profession, already too often decried? On the contrary.
Alemania: Baviera y el regreso de la limpieza religiosa en la UE

Oct 7, 2023 | europahoy.news | Jan Leonid Bornstein

Tabla de contenidosToggleQuizás les sorprenda que un país “democrático” como Alemania, con el pasado que conocemos, se involucre hoy en una limpieza religiosa. ¿Quién no lo sería?
Germany: Bavaria and the return of religious cleansing in the EU

Oct 7, 2023 | europeantimes.news | Jan Leonid Bornstein |activities. He |Juan Sanchez Gil

You may be surprised that a “democratic” country like Germany, with the past we know, would engage in a religious cleansing today. Who wouldn’t be? Nevertheless, as hard as it is to believe it, what some called a “cultural genocide” (Cultural genocide is the systematic destruction of traditions, values, language, and other elements that make one group of people distinct from another) is happening today in Germany, touching thousands of lives in some of the German landers.