A press release announcing several American rallies calling on Japan to stop persecution and imprisonment of religious minorities has been refused for distribution in Japan by K.K. Kyodo News Agency.
The press release provides details about coordinated protests taking place in several major cities throughout the United States on Tuesday, November 16th.
Since 1966, more than 4,000 members of the Unification Church of Japan have been confined by their families and “deprogrammers” in an attempt to force them leave the religion which they, as adults, freely chose to join.
Currently, 10 to 20 Unificationists in Japan are abducted each year. Victims who escape their captors report the use of force, prison-like conditions, and intense pressure to change his or her faith. There have been reports of beatings, starvation, and rape.
Source: StopJapanAbductions.org
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