The defendants were absolved and the judge recommended to investigate the “scandalous” abuses of the anti-trafficking agencies and psychologists.
From the World
Russia, Crackdown on the Esoteric Movement Allya Ayat Continues
In Siberia’s Altai Republic a new wave of repression targeted some 150 believers of the large group founded in Kazakhstan.
Pakistani Clerics Issue Fatwa Prohibiting Election Campaigning by Women
In Kohistan, Deobandi ulema does not challenge the law allowing women to be candidates—but they say they cannot campaign.
Bloody Regimes and “Drunk Drivers”: The IRF Summit Rocks Washington DC
The largest religious liberty event of the year challenged the brutality of China and Russia but also noted that democratic countries such as Japan look like dangerous intoxicated drivers.
Pakistan, Ahmadi Cemetery Desecrated in Daska
At least 80 graves were destroyed just two weeks before the elections.
Dissolve the Anti-Cult Lawyer Group, Not the Unification Church. 4. Deprogrammed, Then Compelled to Sue
More than half of those who sued the church had been kidnapped, deprogrammed, and then asked to sue to prove they had been really “de-converted.”
Dissolve the Anti-Cult Lawyer Group, Not the Unification Church. 3. Current Believers Tell Their Donation Stories
The dissolution procedure relies on hostile ex-members. The voice of current devotees is also important to understand why believers donated to the church.
Dissolve the Anti-Cult Lawyer Group, Not the Unification Church. 2. Myth and Reality of the “Spiritual Sales”
Many of those who purchased high-priced “spiritual” artifacts from UC members are still happy today with their purchases.
Dissolve the Anti-Cult Lawyer Group, Not the Unification Church. 1. Attorneys Against Religious Liberty
The National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales specializes in fabricating false “victims.” A series by an award-winning journalist from “Hanada” magazine, February 2024.
Pakistan’s Elections: Religious Minorities Claim Their Rights
A ten-point manifesto asks the new government and Parliament to succeed where politicians have always failed: grant freedom of religion to non-Muslim citizens.