Unia case-law database: Hof van beroep Gent, 7 juni 2022, “Acquittal of vzw Christelijke Gemeente van Jehovah’s Getuigen on appeal”
“no indication that the avoidance policy leads to generalized social isolation”
The Court of Appeal held that announcing a member's name at meetings 'can on its own not incite discrimination', that the avoidance policy does not 'literally call for discrimination ... nor literally for hate or violence', and that a religion 'may issue guidelines that strongly discourage or deem friendships sinful' provided they do not incite unlawful conduct.
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