Tag: discrimination

  • The New MIVILUDES Report: Bad Methodology, Unreliable Results

    Privileging the saisines (i.e., reports by those who write to denounce a “cultic deviance”) may only lead to biased conclusions. by Massimo Introvigne The MIVILUDES, the French Inter-ministerial mission for monitoring and combating cultic deviances (dérives sectaires), which is now part of the Ministry of the Interior, published last week its report for the years 2018–2020. Like Diogenes wandering…

  • Munich condemned by Bavarian Admin Court for discriminating a member of Scientology

    The City is now obliged to grant an eBike to a member of this Church. According to the court, the German Constitution protects Scientologists – Practice of the City of Munich violates religious freedom and equal treatment guarantee. The written judgment of the Bavarian State Administrative Court of Appeal (file no.  4 B 20.3008) in…

  • Insecurity, Discrimination, Racism: The Concerns of Europeans in Britain

    This week saw the last deadline for EU citizens living in the UK to legalize their stay. However, many employers do not know the mechanism and many foreigners fear discrimination, Deutsche Welle reports.

  • Yet another legal win for Scientology in Germany

    State of Baden-Württemberg loses in court against a Scientologist EUToday has just reported about this new legal defeat of a German state when discriminating a Scientologist at the workplace for his beliefs. The EuToday newsportal published that “The State Administrative Court of Appeal for Baden-Württemberg dismissed the State´s appeal against a positive judgement won by…