The accusations against BAPS collapsed, exposing how minority religions are too often miscast as criminal. When devotion is mistaken for coercion, freedom of religion is put at risk.
Religious Liberty
Yunnan: Lisu Christian Detained for Organizing Religious Gatherings
Li Guiwen’s arrest confirms that the present crackdown on independent churches has a a particularly harsh impact on those serving ethnic minority believers.
Pakistan Bans Tehreek-e-Labbaik: Just a Symbolic Blow to Anti-Minority Extremism?
The violent, extremist organization has repeatedly demonstrated that it can overcome bans and reorganize with new shapes and names, as long as the broader problems remain unaddressed.
マザー・ハンを解放せよ！ 刑務所の外で祈りと確信の夜
家庭連合の指導者が収監されているソウルの刑務所の前には、毎晩何百人もの信者と友人が集まっている。われわれは彼らに会いに行った。
Free Mother Han! A Night of Prayer and Conviction Outside the Prison Walls
Hundreds of believers and friends gather every night in front of the jail in Seoul where the Family Federation leader is imprisoned. We went to meet them.
“Silent Honor”: China’s Latest TV Drama Turns Spies into Saints—and Taiwan into a Sentimental Target
It’s not just espionage chic. The Ministry of State Security developed a script that evoked strong feelings about the “unavoidable” reunification.
La absolución del pastor Tagliabué y la cruzada argentina contra las «sectas»
Las acusaciones de tráfico de personas se utilizan como arma contra las minorías religiosas: una tendencia preocupante a la que algunos tribunales se resisten.
The Acquittal of Pastor Tagliabué and the Argentinian Crusade Against “Cults”
Accusations of human trafficking are weaponized against religious minorities. It is a disturbing trend some courts are resisting.
Pakistan’s Own Commission Confirms Discrimination Against Religious Minority Children
Pakistani authorities often dismiss claims of mistreatment of minorities as foreign propaganda. An official Pakistani body now confirms them.
„Pasaulietė“: Deimantė Rudžinskaitė ir Jehovos liudytojai. 3. Knyga paverčiama ginklu
Autorės, tapusios uolia ateizmo šalininke, teiginiai apie Jehovos liudytojus daugeliu atvejų yra netikslūs.