Natural disasters and political campaigns may both lead the media to slander groups that the powers that be do not like.
Religious Liberty
Not-So-Strange Bedfellows: The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Cult Movement
Is the SPLC federal indictment a reckoning for the anti-cult “experts” network?
統一教会：日本の解散命令と国際法 ２. 「法律で定められた制限と言えるか？」
裁判所が課した信教の自由に対する制限は、自由権規約第18条3項が意味する「法律で定められた」ものとはみとめられない。
When Words Become Weapons: From Rwanda’s Hate Media to the Tai Ji Men Case
Reflecting on the propaganda that prepared the 1994 genocide and on how unchecked media hostility against minorities shows the urgent need to stop hate speech.
Crimes Against Humanity Targeting the Unification Church in Japan. 2. What the Precedents Tell Us
The documented treatment of members of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification in Japan falls squarely within the established precedents.
When Even Taoism Must Be “Sinicized”
A Beijing training course shows once more that Sinicization means Party control, not Chinese culture.
統一教会：日本の解散命令と国際法 １. 信者の権利を侵害
日本の最高裁判所による審理に備え、フランスの著名な弁護士が行った詳細な分析。
Crimes Against Humanity Targeting the Unification Church in Japan. 1. Deprogramming
The violation of devotees’ human rights may meet the threshold for crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute.
“Sinicizing” Islam: How the Communist Party Is Rewriting the Legacy of Ha Decheng
Beijing’s Islamic establishment reshapes the great scholar’s legacy to legitimize today’s stateengineered “Sinicized Islam,” sidelining the historical record.
Jehovah’s Witnesses Win Landmark Case at the Norwegian Supreme Court
The court confirmed that adults’ and minors’ rights are not violated through removal (“shunning”).