Alexander Gabyshev and the Return of Punitive Psychiatry in Russia
Alexander Gabyshev has been held in Russia’s psychiatric system for more than five years because of a spiritual and political act that began on a road in eastern Siberia. In…
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Jan Leonid Bornstein
Jan Leonid Bornstein is investigative reporter for The European Times. He has been investigating and writing about extremism since the beginning of our publication. His work has shed light on a variety of extremist groups and activities. He is a determined journalist who go after dangerous or controversial topics. His work has had a real-world impact in exposing situations with an out of the box thinking.
Articles by Jan Leonid Bornstein
UN Lawyer Arielle Silverstein Under Scrutiny Over Anti-Religious Online Posts
A senior lawyer within the United Nations system is facing renewed scrutiny after a series of archived online posts surfaced in which she mocked and denigrated multiple religious communities and…
In France, Religious Leadership Becomes a Crime
PARIS, France— In a case that has sent ripples of concern through religious communities and civil liberties advocates across France, a French abbot has been convicted under a controversial new…
Secularism on Trial: A Fractured France Grapples with Faith and Identity
PARIS — In the heart of the French Republic, the century-old bedrock of laïcité—the strict separation of church and state—is facing its most profound challenge in decades. A sweeping new…
How the Press Turned a Hindu Temple Investigation Into a Presumption of Guilt
In the spring of 2021, federal agents raided a Hindu temple construction site in Robbinsville, New Jersey. The headlines that followed were swift, global, and damning. Readers were told of…
From Symbol to Infrastructure: What the G20 Interfaith Forum Tried to Build
Cape Town — In the shadow of Table Mountain and in the middle of the Southern Hemisphere’s winter, the G20 Interfaith Forum convened its flagship gathering August 10–14 at the…
In Ruse, Rivers of Peace Flow Between City Leaders and Global Interfaith Networks
In the serene heart of northeastern Bulgaria, ensconced on the right bank of the Danube, the city of Ruse—often called “Little Vienna” for its elegant 19th- and 20th-century Neo-Baroque architecture—opened…
FECRIS’s Façade: The Quiet Persistence of Kremlin Ties
In the muted corridors of European policy and the austere meeting rooms where NGOs polish their reputations, the European Federation of Centres of Research and Information on Cults and Sects—better…
Florence Court Declares: Soka Gakkai Is Not a Cult — A Blow to Italy’s Anti-Cult Crusaders
In a decision that will resonate far beyond Italy’s borders, the Civil Court of Florence has delivered a landmark judgment condemning the Associazione Italiana Vittime delle Sette (AIVS) — the…
French MIVILUDES overwhelmed by court convictions
How can France continue to support a government agency that has been convicted six times by the French courts in the past year? MIVILUDES (Interministerial Mission for Vigilance and Combating…