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$1 Million Nuisance Award vs Buddhist Group Reduced to $45,000

$11M Verdict in Funeral Protesters Case

10 years for 'Dr. Dino'

12 Jurors, 2 Parents, 1 Dead Child

2 Aryan Brotherhood Gang Leaders Convicted

2 men sue Mormons, Scouts over abuse

3 men jailed in beating at youth camp

6 Falun Gong followers stand trial in Singapore over alleged protest

A Bill and a Resolution

A Conflict Between Religious Liberty and Involuntary Servitude? (Conclusion)

A Conflict Between Religious Liberty and Involuntary Servitude? (Part 2)

A Court Decision Elbows a Village in Favor of Religious Rights

A day in court: Highlights of the FLDS custody hearing

A decade for 'Dr. Dino'

Abundant Life Church: Judge Refuses to Dismiss Suit

Abundant Life Church: Judge Refuses to Dismiss Suit

Abuse Allegedly Continues from Prison

Accused Calif. Killer Said to Have Led Incest Cult

AJC Attorney Calls for Prosecution of Cult Lawbreaking

Alamo Captured

Alamo Convicted

Alamo Cult Child Returned

Alamo Found Not Guilty of Threatening Judge

Alamo Foundation Returns to California

Alamo Personally Responsible

Alamo Property Seized

Alamo: Six Years in Prison

Alamo's Defamation Suit Fails

Amish/Mennonites: Schools Fail to Comply with Health Codes

Amish: Battle Over Warning Reflectors on Buggies

Amish: County Accommodates Buggies

Amish: Don’t Let Children Testify

Amway distributors face $19 million judgment in suit

Anne Hamilton-Byrne/The Family: Ex-Follower Ties Drug Use to Membership

Another deputy to appeal firing today

Another Trans-Atlantic Divide? Church-State Relations in Europe and the United States

Ariel Ben Sherman: Abuse Charges Dropped

Arizona lawmaker targets visitation by polygamists

Arizona to extradite Scientology protester to Riverside County

As Exemptions Grow, Religion Outweighs Regulation

As Religious Programs Expand, Disputes Rise Over Tax Breaks

Attleboro (The Body): Woman Said to be Cutting Ties to Group

Aum Shinrikyo (Aleph): “Hounded” by Police

Aum Shinrikyo: “Asahara Is Innocent”

Aum Shinrikyo: Aum Guru’s Wife to Be Freed

Aum Shinrikyo: Community Rejection Overturned

Aum Shinrikyo: Compensation for Rejection

Aum Shinrikyo: Death for "Home Affairs Minister"

Aum Shinrikyo: Death Penalty Demanded

Aum Shinrikyo: Former Leader Sentenced to Death

Aum Shinrikyo: Founder’s Daughters Sue Magazine

AUM Shinrikyo: Kazakhs Arrest Local Leader

Aum Shinrikyo: State Surveillance to Continue

Aum Shinrikyo: Town Ordered to Accept Residency

Aum Shinrikyo: Town Ordered to Accept Residency

Aum’s Earlier Crimes Surfacing

Austria: How Can the Law Deal with Cults?

Austrian Parents Group

Avoiding Legal Entanglements When Writing

Ban on Prison Religious Program Challenged

Battle over evidence expands in Jeff case

Belgium: Cor Unum Cult Raided

BeliefWatch: Reincarnate

Bible Speaks' Case May Affect Bakker's PTL "Partners"

Bible Speaks Property Bought by Winner of Case Against Church

Bill to Restrict IRS Examination of Church Finances

Bishop may convene rare ecclesiastical court

'Black Jesus' who terrorised jungle villages is captured

Bodybuilder says Robertson threatened to kill him and his family

Brainwashing: Brainwashing Defense Returns

Branch Davidians: Davidians Appeal Dismissal of Suit vs. Government

Branch Davidians: Davidians Appeal Dismissal of Suit vs. Government

Branch Davidians: New Trial Push Stalled

Brazil’s Top TV Preachers Land in Hot Water in Miami

Breach of Confessional

Brentwood church files Web-based libel suit

Britain: Legal Curbs Urged

Calgary dad's bid to sue church blocked

Can't sue guru who voodoos so well

Cascade Center for Growth: Death by Water Punishment

Catholic Order Files Suit Over Documents

Charles Manson: Follower Denied Parole Again

Child Abuse: Guilty Pleas in Neglect Case

Child Killer's Penalty to Be Reviewed

Child’s death renews scrutiny of Remnant Fellowship Church

Child-bride case fizzles

Children and Cults: A Practical Guide

China Cancels Iran Meeting Over Dalai Lama

China Warns U.S. on Dalai Lama Trip

China, 13 other Asian countries tarred by U.S. religious freedom report

China's Leader Puts Faith in Religious

Chinese political advisors call for early formulation of anti-cult law

Church argues marijuana a sacrament

Church of convicted pastor owes thousands in tax bills

Church of God in Upland: Couple Sentenced in Faith Healing Death

Church of God/Aylmer: Seizure of Children Ruled Constitutional

Church of Naturalism Murders

Church to Pay $500K Over Shark Poaching

Church/State Relations: Faith-Based Initiative Checked

Church's critics say verdict is a lesson

Church-State Relations: Russian Group Visits Waco

Circle of Friends Plea

Citizen Media Law Project Summary of Gentle Wind Project v. Garvey et al.

Cobb cop testifies parents feared son, 8

Coerced Adoption Voided

Coercive Therapy: Bill to Outlaw “Coercive” Therapy

Commentary: “Impregnable Wall” Between Church & State?

Commentary: Claim of Freedom from Scrutiny vs. Finding of Fraud Complicates Appeal: Riposte by D.C. Attorney Points to Falsified Documents

Commentary: Courts Aid Cults – Raise Minimum Age

COMMENTARY: Cults and the First Amendment

Commentary: What to Do When Cults Purchase Property

Communal Religious Organizations Face Loss of Tax Status

Community: Court Upholds Moon Follower Right to Teach Playgroup

Community: Miracle Valley Sect Weapons Charge

Con case only gets weirder [IPIC International]

Concerns Over Scientology

Congregation of Universal Wisdom: Church Offers Chance for Religious Exemption

Controversial Chinese TV okayed for cable broadcast

Council of Europe: Blasphemy, religious insults and hate speech against persons on grounds of their religion - Recommendation 1805 (Provisional)

Council of Europe: State, religion, secularity and human rights - Recommendation 1804 (provisional)

Couple charged in son's beating death won't take stand

Couple get life terms for killing their son

Court acquits controversial Turkish sect leader

Court again rebuffs Scientology's lawsuit

Court Castigates Scientology in Wollersheim Appeal Decision

Court Castigates Scientology in Wollersheim Appeal Decision

Court lets sect kids see dad, but not TV

Court upholds Japanese cult member's death sentence

Court upholds Japanese cult member's death sentence

Court Watch

COURT WATCH: Neglect Conviction

COURT WATCH: Suicide’s Father Can Sue U.C.

Courts: $3.5 Million Suit vs. EST

Courts: $32 Million Judgment Against Krishna: Award to Georges for Kidnapping, Mind Control, Loss of Father

COURTS: $50 Million Countersuit VS. Scientology

Courts: ...And One More New Suit vs. Lifespring

Courts: “Tax Avoidance” Churches in Court

Courts: 12 Children Taken from “Christ Brotherhood”

Courts: 120 Awarded Claims Against People’s Temple

Courts: 1-Year Term in Fatal Spanking

Courts: 1-Year Term in Fatal Spanking

Courts: 20 Year Sentence in Cultish Death

COURTS: Author Wants Scientology Subpoena Quashed

Courts: Bargain for Misdemeanor in Abduction from Guru

Courts: Bargain for Misdemeanor in Abduction from Guru

Courts: Charges Dropped Against Deprogrammers

Courts: Christian Science Cleared in Tot Death

Courts: Conflict over Santeria Sacrifices

Courts: Conviction in Child’s Death

Courts: Court Allows Moon Solicitation

Courts: Court Forces Moon Paper Name Change

Courts: Court Intervenes in “Sex Cult”

Courts: Court Limits Ashram Visits

COURTS: Court Rules Rights Laws Protect Against Religious Discrimination

Courts: Court to Determine Whether Deprogrammers Can Be Tried

Courts: Crimes Alleged in Cultish Group

Courts: Criminal Charges Dropped in Deprogramming Case – Civil Suit Pending

Courts: Dakota Tax Murder Suspect Linked to Survivalist Hate Group

Courts: Decision May Open Cults to Wage Suits

Courts: Deprogrammer Arrested

Courts: Deprogrammer Arrested

Courts: Details of Case vs. Moon

Courts: Ex-Member Wins vs. Moon

Courts: Failed Suicide Gets Scientology Refund

Courts: Father Gets Children in Church Child Abuse Case

Courts: Flynn Files $50 Million Suit

Courts: Guilty Verdict in “WAY” Trial

Courts: Harvard Profs Differ on Charities Law

Courts: Herbert Rosedale Resource on Cults and the Law

Courts: House Panel Eyes Cult-Lawsuit Bill

Courts: Jewish Congress Files Brief Supporting Moon Case

Courts: Jonestown Suit Dead

Courts: Judge Gives ‘License to Kidnap’ – Chooses “Lesser Evil”

COURTS: Justice Dept. Answers Cult Query

Courts: Krishna Assets Frozen Pending Bond Appeal in George Case

Courts: Krishna Disciple Convicted on Drug Charge

Courts: Krishna Suit vs. Airport

Courts: Krishnas Fight City Lawsuit

Courts: Lawyer Declares Scientology a Religion

Courts: Life Science Judged

Courts: Lifespring Settles Out of Court

Courts: Lifespring Suit Against ABC Settled Out of Court

Courts: Mayor’s Suit Reinstated

Courts: Mental State Key in Kidnap Trial

Courts: Moon Solicitation Suit Fails

Courts: Moon Zoning Appeal Denied

Courts: Mother Asks Aid in Suit vs. Krishna, Promises Aid for Others

Courts: MP Eyes Cults

Courts: Parents Cleared in Faith Death

COURTS: Parents Survive Cult Child’s Suit

COURTS: Patients Sue Therapists for $95 Million

Courts: Rajneesh Couples Sue Immigration Service

Courts: Rajneesh Sue Critic

Courts: Religious Use of State College Facilities Debated

Courts: Rev. Davis Cleared in Sex Case

Courts: Rev. Moon “Responsible” for U.C. Damages