A session explained in Taiwan how trafficking statutes are being turned against spiritual movements.
Brainwashing
米国で強制労働法と宗教が衝突：国連への提出文書が警鐘
新たに国連に提出されたNGO声明は、人身取引法の拡大解釈によって、スピリチュアルな共同体が危険にさらされると警鐘を鳴らしている。
Forced-Labor Law and Religion Collide in the US: A UN Filing Raises Alarm
A newly submitted NGO statement warns that expansive readings of trafficking legislation may place spiritual communities at risk.
Trafficking Accusations Against Religion: Why the TVPA Should Be Amended
The U.S. Congress faces a decisive choice as forced-labor law expands into areas once considered protected belief and voluntary religious life.
Shincheonji in Latin America: Bible Courses, Gradients of Commitment, and Anti-Cult Rhetoric
While the movement grows in Argentina and beyond, criticism appears to be imported from Korea rather than domestic.
“Brainwashing” Accusations and the Persecution of The Church of Almighty God
A persecution that continues in China is now extended through transnational campaigns of espionage, propaganda, and harassment.
Now They Come for Jesus: Anti-Cultist Admits She Aims to Destroy Christianity
In an exceptional (if ugly) book, “cult hunter” Be Scofield attacks Jesus as the ultimate “cult leader.” She is not alone.
Global Anti-Cultism and the Return of “Brainwashing” Theories
Accusing “cults” of “coercive persuasion” looked démodé, at least in academia and courts of law outside of France. But the discredited theory is coming back.
El “lavado de cerebro” regresa a través de las leyes contra la trata: una nueva amenaza para la libertad religiosa
Cómo el resurgimiento de desacreditadas teorías de coerción psicológica dentro de los marcos jurídicos sobre la trata pone en peligro a todas las comunidades religiosas y espirituales: un llamado a la acción
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.