Freedom of Religion and Belief
JAPAN: UN experts concerned by continued stigmatisation of religious minorities HRWF: Four UN Special Rapporteurs criticize the biased instrumentalisation of Children’s Rights stigmatising Jehovah’s Witnesses and other religious or belief minorities. They also...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
SOUTH KOREA: Arrest of Mother Han, 82-year old leader of the Unification Church “The legal grounds for the arrest were absent. The charges are implausible and politically motivated. This is not a corruption case—it’s a purge,” Dr Massimo Introvigne says in...
Freedom of Religion and Belief, Uncategorized
SOUTH KOREA: The attempted assassination of a faith I came to Korea not to observe only but to stand. The assault on the Family Federation should be called for what it is: religious persecution by Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter (20.09.2025) – Let us speak...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
JAPAN: The battle for the soul: Toru Goto’s harrowing tale of captivity and courage The story of a Japanese Unification Church member confined by his family and deprogrammers for more than twelve years is a narrative that demands to be heard. By Massimo Introvigne...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
JAPAN: Lawyers, deprogramming and the Unification Church dissolution case, the Duval Report Read HRWF Report based on 20 interviews of victims in Tokyo and published in 2012 “Japan Abduction and Deprivation of Freedom for the Purpose of Religious De-conversion” HRWF...
