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Religious Leaders, Scholars and Activists Deplore Japan’s Trashing of Freedom of Religion

Japan’s frenzied headlong pursuit toward the dissolution of the Unification Church threatens the survival of religions everywhere, with repressive new laws that impact all faiths.

HUMAN RIGHTS

USCIRF Releases Report on Worldwide Oppression of Jehovah’s Witnesses

From the deprivation of rights to imprisonment, heavy fines, harassment, unemployment, disruption of religious services, forced labor and torture, Jehovah’s Witnesses too often pay a terrible price for their peaceful beliefs.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Persecution of the Unification Church in Japan Is an Attack on All Religious Freedom

Spurred by a religious “deprogrammer”—code word for bigoted brainwasher—Japan’s attacks make millions wonder: Why does the government have any role in religion at all?

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The Brutal Consequences of Antireligious Hate

The assassination of Shinzo Abe was the work of a disturbed man inflamed by antireligious hate.