The U.S. Congress faces a decisive choice as forced-labor law expands into areas once considered protected belief and voluntary religious life.
Trafficking Accusations Against Religion: Why the TVPA Should Be Amended
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The East Turkestan Flag at the World Cup
Captured on CCTV broadcasts despite FIFA’s attempts at censorship, its waving was a significant fact for the Uyghurs—and the Chinese.
The New South Wales Inquiry into Redeemer Baptist School. 2. Enter Steven Hassan
The anti-cult movement in Australia and internationally has shifted its focus from traditional targets to include conservative Christian groups.
The New South Wales Inquiry into Redeemer Baptist School. 1. “Coercive Control” of Students?
The church is unpopular with other Baptists for its conservative theology, but the use of the “cult” and “brainwashing” rhetoric has dangerous ramifications.
Shincheonji and the Unification Church: South Korea’s Minister of Justice Promises “Strict Punishment” of “False Prophets”
Elderly religious leaders are kept in detention, while the politician quotes the Gospel against the “heretics” and hails what happened in Japan.
Brainwashing Returns Through Trafficking Laws: A New Threat to Religious Freedom
How the revival of discredited psychological‑coercion theories inside trafficking frameworks endangers every religious and spiritual community: a call to action.
Unification Church in Japan: Dissolved for Funding Humanitarian Activities
What crime did the religious organization commit? Apparently, collecting donations to support its charitable endeavors abroad.
Germany and Scientology: The Long Shadows of Past Mistakes
The end of federal monitoring raises questions about the legacy of a faulty policy that shaped institutional practices for decades.
The Case of the Buenos Aires Yoga School and the Expansion of Punitive Power Against Minorities. Part 2
What is happening in Argentina is part of a global trend in which trafficking laws are used against spiritual minorities.
The Case of the Buenos Aires Yoga School and the Expansion of Punitive Power Against Minorities. Part 1
In a strange turn of events in a case that should have been closed long ago, a new judge copied more than 400 pages from a previous judge removed because of his biases.