Freedom of Religion and Belief
JAPAN: Dissolution of the Unification Church: This death penalty is a judicial error, the Duval Report says HRWF (28.04.2025) – Human Rights Without Frontiers is presenting you a series of five articles about the dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
JAPAN: Unification Church: Why are UN Special Rapporteurs not allowed to visit Japan? Several different Rapporteurs have been prevented from going to Japan and examine the religious liberty and human rights situation there. by Willy Fautré, Bitter Winter (02.04.2025)...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
JAPAN: Religion and the public Welfare principle 2. The assault on the Unification Church The “public welfare” principle implies that if a religion displeases the majority, it can be eradicated. It is what is happening to the Unification Church. Article 2 of 2. Read...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
JAPAN: Religion and the “public welfare” principle 1. Betraying Japan’s international obligations By keeping in its Constitution and laws the principle that religions may have their activities restricted and even be suppressed in the name of “public welfare,” Japan...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
JAPAN: The state’s crackdown on the Unification Church denounced in Geneva Patricia Duval, an international human rights lawyer, presented her report on September 25th during a Special Briefing held on the sidelines of the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council...
