The court was aware he had no evidence when he claimed that Shinzo Abe was clandestinely paid 50 million yen for a video. Yet, it managed to declare him not guilty of defamation.
Anti-Cult
Used to Defeat in Court, MIVILUDES Suffers Two Losses in One Day
The French governmental anti-cult mission was sentenced for its lack of transparency and refusal to disclose documents about its funding of private anti-cult associations.
The Fragile Balance of Press Freedom and Religious Liberty: The Harmful Impact of the Stigmatizing Language
Media often remain silent on religious persecution and discriminate against unpopular groups by calling them “cults.”
The Jesus Christians. 9. The Human Trafficking Case in Argentina
A moral panic about “cults” practicing “human trafficking” also hit the Argentine branch of the group. But they won the court case.
Quand Dvorkin a traité la FECRIS de « lâches et racistes »
« Bitter Winter » a obtenu un document intéressant sur les relations entre l’anti-sectes russe le plus en vue et la célèbre fédération anti-sectes européenne.
When Dvorkin Called FECRIS “Cowards and Racists”
“Bitter Winter” acquired an interesting document on the relationship between the most prominent Russian anti-cultist and the notorious European anti-cult federation.
Expanding the Notion of Xie Jiao in China: Now Even Reformed Christians Are “Cultists”
The case of Fuyang Maizhong Reformed Church confirms that the category of “organizations promoting heterodox teachings” may be expanded at the authorities’ will.
The Persecution of Yiguandao in China and Martial-Law Taiwan. 3. A Comparison with Other Instances of Anti-Cult Repression
While Yiguandao’s persecution ceased, other groups had problems in post-authoritarian Taiwan. In China, Yiguandao was never really free.
日本における統一教会の子どもたちのディプログラミング2. 精神科病院が宗教的信仰を「治療」する可能性
フランスの弁護士パトリシア・デュバル氏が、国連の4人の特別報告者に送った報告書の第2部：日本の「取組」によれば、宗教的信仰は精神疾患の一種と見なされる。
The Supreme Court and the Unification Church in Japan: Warrant for a “Religiocide”? Part 2
There is no logical reason to change decades of case law and hold that civil torts, not crimes only, may be reasons to dissolve a religious organization.