The term for keeping him in jail without a verdict has expired. Yet the “Christian anti-COVID-masks man” has not been released.
Yunnan Christian Preacher Chang Hao Still Illegally Detained
China, Two Female Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted to Death
Li Fenglan had breast cancer and Li Yuzhen may have suffered from some natural illness too. However, denial of adequate medical treatment combined with torture is a form of persecution to death.
New Law: What Is Secret in China? It’s a Secret
The new Law on Guarding State Secrets comes into effect on May 1. It expands the field of secrets to everything the CCP decides is a secret.
News from the world
Remember Chanda Maharaj? Kidnapped Hindu Girl in Pakistan Delivered to Her Abductor
Although she is not yet 18, after one year and three months in a shelter home she had been sent back to the man who abducted her.
Turquoise Freedom: FECRIS, Atheism, and Support for the Russian War Against Ukraine
The former leader of an association “created” by a French FECRIS affiliate to deal with radical Islam and subtly propagate atheism continues to root for Putin.
Japan, Pamphlets Against Conservative Religion Distributed in Schools
Minors are told that being admonished that by doing or not doing certain things they can go to hell, or being brought to religious activities, are forms of “abuse.”
Testimonies from China
Criminal Law Is Not Retroactive, Right? Not True if You Are a Muslim in Xinjiang
Research by anthropologist Darren Byler uncovers gross violations of China’s own laws to punish Uyghurs and ethnic Kazakhs who pray and read religious books.
Fake Uyghurs v. Genuine Uyghurs in The Hague: What Exactly Happened
On February 24, a Chinese New Year festival in the Dutch capital’s City Hall featured Han Chinese children pretending to be Uyghurs. A confrontation with real Uyghurs followed: a testimony.
Najaying Mosque in Yunnan, Others, Fully “Sinicized”
The campaign to destroy the distinctive Islamic appearance of Muslim places of worship continues in Yunnan notwithstanding the protests.
Testimonies from the World
Unification Church in Japan: A Politician Asks Inconvenient but Pertinent Questions in the Parliament
House of Councillors member Satoshi Hamada represents a tiny “contrarian” party. Yet, the questions he asked on March 12 were the right ones.
Largest Buddhist Religious Group in Japan Critical of the Dissolution Case Filed Against the Unification Church
Soto Zen, a 11-million-strong Buddhist sect, is no friend of the Unification Church. Yet it warned that the dissolution may be against the Constitution and set a dangerous precedent.
Public Bodies Slandering Religious Minorities: A Wrong Decision by the Osaka District Court
The court said that resolutions by local authorities calling the Unification Church and the UPF “antisocial” are not illegal. In a similar case, the European Court of Human Rights decided differently.
Interviews
“A Pact with the Devil”: Mădălina Dumitru Speaks Out on MISA, Gregorian Bivolaru, and Her Book
Bivolaru was once sentenced for a sexual relationship with her when she was 17. She denies it ever happened—and says she has been offered € 350,000 to change her story.
Op-eds China
Abidin Damollam: 96-year-old Uyghur Cleric Dies in Jail
The imprisonment, death, and denial of a proper funeral to the respected leader confirm how life is like in an “occupied” region.
Featured China
China, You May Be Pro-CCP But If You Organize Independently You Are Still a “Cult”
The story of a female college student driven to suicide sheds a light on the crackdown on “political xie jiao.”
Op-eds International
Quo Usque Tandem? Another Ahmadiyya Local Leader Assassinated in Pakistan
Police claims that Tahir Iqbal was punished through a “honor killing” for his relationship with a local woman. Others believe he was killed for his religion.
Featured International
The Police Raids Against MISA in France, November 28, 2023. 5. The Anti-Cult Ideology in France
France is unique among democratic countries in promoting a state-sponsored anti-cult ideology, based on discredited theories of “brainwashing” and “mind control.”
Documents and translations
Jehovas vitner i Norge: Derfor er avgjørelsen til Oslo tingrett feil
Den hevder at praksisen med at medlemmer unngår eksmedlemmer er ulovlig ved at den hindrer voksne og mindreårige i å forlate den religiøse organisasjonen. Denne påstanden stemmer ikke.
公的機関による宗教的マイノリティへの誹謗中傷：大阪地方裁判所の誤った判決
裁判所は、統一教会とUPFを「反社会的」であるとした地方自治体による決議は違法ではないと言った。 同様の訴訟において、欧州人権裁判所は異なる判決を下した。
日本における統一教会問題：政治家が声を大にして言う３．解散命令請求の背後にある政治的動機
統一教会解散は、左翼及び日本共産党の古き夢だ。しかしなぜ自民党の岸田首相はなぜこれに従ったのか。