Anticult Network: Human Rights Violations and Threat to Democracy | OSCE 2025

📍 In October 2025, at the OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference, an important statement was delivered by Dušan Valeček, representative of ALLATRA International Public Movement from the Czech Republic. His speech addressed the topic “Anticult Network: Human Rights Violations and Destruction of Democracy.”

The ALLATRA representative spoke about the large-scale system of persecution, incitement of hatred within society, and discrimination imposed under the slogan of “combating cults and sects.” According to Dušan Valeček, this network is linked to the Russian organization RACIRS and its European platform FECRIS coordinated from Moscow.

⚠️ Under the guise of “fighting dangerous cults and sects,” a campaign is waged against religious minorities, human rights advocates, independent journalists, politicians, and private individuals. According to the facts presented, anticult entities that receive funding and political support already face accusations of sexual abuse, exploitation of vulnerable people, and interference in the work of government institutions.

🎙 In his address at the OSCE plenary session, Dušan Valeček emphasized that if European countries fail to ensure a legal assessment of anticult activities, democracy in Europe can face a real threat. He called for ending the impunity of anticult networks and raising the issue of their accountability to the legislative level.