Today (Mar. 11, 2013), a court hearing of Toru Goto's case was held in Tokyo District Court in Japan. Today's court session was direct examination and counter-examination to the plaintiff (Toru Goto). As soon as I hear the details of the today's session, I will write on this blog.
European and US human rights organization wrote an open letter to Japanese authorities in order to stop the kidnappings. Central-European Religious Freedom Institute published the letter. I quote the letter here, together with Japanese translation.
Deprogramming in the US or Europe ceased in 1980s when the deprogrammers such as Ted Patrick found themselves in jail or such as Rick Ross & CAN (Cult Awareness Network) were ordered to reward a victim almost US$5 million in punitive and compensatory damages.
In Japan, More than 4000 Unification Church members have been victimized by deprogramming practice since 1966. And it's ocurring in Japan even now.
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