Willy Fautre

1 week ago | europeantimes.news | Willy Fautre |Juan Sanchez Gil

Anna Safronova, 59, a Jehovah’s Witness, convicted for her faith, is subjected to inhuman treatment in penal colony No. 7 in Zelenokumsk (Stavropol Territory), and she also does not receive proper medical care. The reason for this punishment was that her religious beliefs prevented her from wearing the St. George ribbon (a patriotic symbol). Safronova has been in the colony for 2 years and 9 months. During 2024, her blood pressure began to rise noticeably and one day she even lost consciousness.

2 weeks ago | bitterwinter.org | Willy Fautre

by Willy Fautré**A paper presented via video at the International Forum on World Citizenship Day 2025 “Transitional Justice Through Effective Relief: The Tai Ji Men Case as an Example,” Taipei, April 1, 2025. One of the best ways to build up a global citizenship identity is through travel. Throughout the years Tai Ji Men has offered such an opportunity to thousands of dizi (disciples) through self-funded trips to more than one hundred countries.

3 weeks ago | bitterwinter.org | Willy Fautre

by Willy FautréJapan remains deaf to repeated visit requests of several UN Special Rapporteurs      in the shadow of the case of the Unification Church, which now officially calls itself the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. The dissolution of the church was ordered on March 25 in first degree by the Tokyo District Court after a government request spurred by the 2022 assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe.

4 weeks ago | bitterwinter.org | Willy Fautre

by Willy Fautré**Introduction to the second session of the webinar “Spreading the Truth About the Tai Ji Men Case,” co-organized by CESNUR and Human Rights Without Frontiers on March 24, 2025, United Nations International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and the Dignity of the Victims.

1 month ago | europeantimes.news | Willy Fautre |Juan Sanchez Gil

On Friday 14 March, the Borgarting Court of Appeal issued a landmark judgment declaring the loss of registration and denial of state grants for the years 2021-2024 invalid. It concluded that the practice of social distancing does not expose children to psychological violence or negative social control. Furthermore, the Court found that their practice is in harmony with the Faith Communities Act and in compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights.