Laws compelling clergy to report information on crimes obtained in confession threaten freedom of religion and do not serve any useful purpose.
From the World
A Death Foretold: South Korea’s Prosecutorial Pressure Claims Its First Victim
The same investigation by the same Special Prosecutor and team persecuting Mother Han led, not surprisingly, to the suicide of a Yangpyeong County official.
A Selective Compassion? President Lee’s Chuseok and the Detention of a Religious Refugee
South Korea celebrates the resilience of North Korean refugees. Yet, it keeps arbitrarily one such refugee, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, in jail. An emic view from a Unificationist scholar.
South Korea Indicts Mother Han: A Democratic Nation’s Descent into Religious Repression
The question is now whether South Korea will remain a democracy that respects religious freedom—or become a satellite of China and a state where faith is punished.
“Return Every Child”: Yale’s Forensic Portrait of Russia’s War on Ukrainian Childhood
How Putin steals and indoctrinates Ukrainian children, and why his ICC arrest warrant for crimes against humanity is fully justified.
Christian Murdered in Punjab: Targeted Killings and Delayed Justice
The brutal death of Asif Raza expose Pakistan’s failure to shield its Christian citizens.
Sanctuary Denied: USCIRF Documents How Host Countries Fail Religious Refugees in Asia
They fled persecution only to be criminalized. A report exposes the legal void and moral vacuum in South and Southeast Asia’s refugee policies.
Free Mother Han! Free Pastor Son! Confronting South Korea’s Crisis of Democracy
The leader of the Family Federation and the respected pastor of Busan’s Segero Church are not detained “according to Korean law” but in violation of it.
Grave Religious Liberty Concerns in Japan: The Unification Church Case
The action to dissolve the Family Federation and the indoctrination of unpopular minorities’ second-generation children in schools violate international law.
A Modern Léo Taxil: Stephen Kent and Satanism. 4. Paranoia Revisited
True believers in Satanic ritual abuse still exist and may even persuade legislators to pass laws. Many more apply Kent’s flawed logic to “cults.”