Fearful of the event’s increasing success, Beijing attempts to diminish the holy journey to the point of insignificance.
Religious Persecution
Tibet’s New Medical Mystery: Healthy Young Monk Dies After Arrest
The case of Samten reveals the familiar cycle of detention, torture, and official denials.
China’s New Retirement Plan for Dissidents: Work, Prison, Repay, Repeat
New research shows how authorities have found a new way to punish prisoners of conscience by taking away their earned pensions.
Jinan, 90-year-old Falun Gong Practitioner Sentenced to Jail
Because of his health problems, the prison declined to admit him. He is now under house arrest.
日本：数万人の統一教会信者、礼拝の場を奪われる
教会の解散は、単に税制の優遇措置を失うだけだと主張する者もいたが、清算人はすでに260の礼拝施設を閉鎖している。
Pakistan: Court Challenges the Bias That Confines Minorities to Sanitation Work
The Islamabad High Court has condemned religion-based sanitation job ads, but the practice continues despite constitutional protections.
統一教会に対する決定：日本における新たな殉教者一宗教団体を抹殺しようとする、きわめて誤った裁判決定。
極めて不当な裁判所の判決が、ある宗教団体を抹殺しようとしている。
The Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan: An Executive Summary
Ahmadis in Pakistan face daily persecution, legally permitted by the Constitution and Penal Code—but it must never be accepted as normal.
Pakistan Christians Call for Justice for Catholic Laborer Found Hanged
Marqas Masih’s death in Sargodha was declared a suicide, but it increasingly appears to be a homicide.
When Stigmatization Turns Violent: Two CGM Members Assaulted with a Hammer in Taiwan
The Kaohsiung attack, which left one seriously injured, occurred after warnings at the UN about the effects of media hate speech targeting the movement.