Tag: covid
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A Missed Chance To Defend Core Freedoms: ECHR Rejects Worship Ban Case
Last week’s decision from the European Court of Human Rights marks a sobering moment in the struggle to defend fundamental freedoms across Europe. The Court declined to rule on the substance of my challenge to Slovakia’s blanket COVID-19 era worship bans, declaring the case inadmissible on the grounds that I could not be considered a…
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European Court Dismisses Challenge to Slovakia’s COVID Worship Bans
Strasbourg (4 September 2025) – In a disappointing decision for religious freedom, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled Dr. Ján Figeľ’s challenge to Slovakia’s sweeping bans on communal worship during the COVID-19 pandemic inadmissible. The Court concluded that it would not rule on the merits of Figeľs challenge because it was not sufficiently clear how Figeľ himself was negatively impacted by the measures taken…