How the revival of discredited psychological‑coercion theories inside trafficking frameworks endangers every religious and spiritual community: a call to action.
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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.
Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge. 4. School Surveillance and Coercive Counseling
New schoolbased procedures instruct educators to identify and monitor children from Unification Church families, raising concerns about privacy violations.
Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge. 3. The Government’s “Re-Education” Plan
New state policies introduce schoolbased programs designed to reshape the thinking of minors from Unification Church families.
Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge. 2. Targeting Believers’ Children
Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge. 2. Targeting Believers’ Children
Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge — 1. Anti Heresy Campaigns
How lawyers and religious competitors have pushed Japan toward measures that target believers even after the organization’s dissolution.
Japan: Bias Ignored as Unification Church’s Recusal Motion Is Rejected
A judge who attended an antiUnification-Church seminar and echoed its claims remains on the panel, raising grave concerns about judicial credibility.









