Japan keeps introducing limitations to religious liberty that are not compatible with United Nations covenants it has signed and ratified.
From the World
Japan and the Unification Church: The Duval Report. 2. Abe’s Assassination and Media Blitz
Anti-cultists and the media misinterpreted and manipulated the circumstances of the Abe assassination to attack the Unification Church.
Japan and the Unification Church: The Duval Report. 1. Organized Tort Cases
Creating multiple tort cases against the Unification Church was part of a strategy aimed at destroying the Church and violate international principles of religious liberty.
Japan: A Witch Hunt to Eradicate the Unification Church
The executive summary of a report submitted to various United Nations personalities and institutions, presented in Geneva on September 25, 2024.
Academics and Freedom of Religion of New Religious Movements
Academics have a key role in persuading the courts and the governments that “cults” and “brainwashing” are pseudo-scientific labels used to discriminate against unpopular religious minorities.
Egypt, Soccer, and Olympics: How Copts Are Discriminated in Sport
Discrimination of Copts in Egyptian sport damages human rights, religious liberty, and the country’s results in international sport events as well.
“I Got Everything from ‘The Secret Doctrine’”: Mondrian and Theosophy, a Misunderstood Relationship
Denied by some art historians, the influence of the Theosophical Society (which in turn rejected his artistic theories as too complicated) remained crucial until the Dutch painter’s last days. .
Belarus, Conservative Anti-Putin Orthodox Group Raided
Persecuted in Russia, devotees of the “Russian Orthodox Church – Tsarist Empire” may now be banned in Belarus too.
Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested as “U.S. Agents” in the Russian Republic of Mordovia
Arrests were carried out earlier this month, following previous raids in Moscow and Krasnodar.
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan Leaders Sentenced for Death Threats Against Geert Wilders
Saad Husain Rizvi and Muhammad Ashraf Asif Jalali were sentenced to four and fourteen years in jail respectively by the District Court of The Hague.