The government said Friday that it will employ the help of former believers and the children of believers of the Unification Church to enhance consultation for victims of malpractices involving the controversial religious group.
Kenya’s top prosecutor on Tuesday ordered that 95 people from a doomsday cult be charged with murder, cruelty, child torture and other crimes inthe deaths of 429 peoplebelieved to be members of the church.
A Kenyan judge on Wednesday said that adoomsday cult leaderwho the authorities say directed his followers to starve themselves must undergo a mental health evaluation before prosecutors formally charge him with the murders of 191 children.
Due to long-term refusal of medical treatment, the tragedy finally struck. On the morning of August 20, 2004, Xu Huatang went out with Falun Gong propaganda materials and suddenly fell on the road, unconscious. Although kind-hearted passersby promptly called 120 Emergency number, it was too late. Xu...
Also known as “Church of Almighty God,” the forbidden religious group keeps attracting members, despite prosecution.
Now, my life is prosperous, and a harmonious relationship with my fellow villagers has been restored. And I know exactly that, these changes can only be made by staying away from the cult. So I call on people of the whole society to reject cults, advocate science, and be a good citizen who abides by...
A former FLDS member has revealed how she was abandoned by her husband and his four other 'plural wives' after they were forced out of the cult - leaving more than 20 children behindinside the polygamist sect.
My name is Luo Ming pseudonym, with a vocational education, and I live in Shanggao County, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province. There are four people in my family: my hardworking parents, who run a printing shop; and my sister, who helps out in the shop. Before 1998, we enjoyed a happy and harmonious li...
A state-run body in China has re-launched a propaganda film targeting Italy-based human rights and religious liberty magazineBitter Winter, and its parent body accusing them of promoting banned cult movements
A Naivasha-based sectis in hot water over the deaths of four children in the past four months after their parents reportedly refused to take them to hospital for vaccinations and medication because of their religious beliefs.
When people who follow elections and politics are asked about an insular religious group in upstate Orange county, New York that votes as a bloc delivered for the candidate chosen by their spiritual leader, people would probably unanimously say Kiryas Joel.
On June 15th, the screening of the award-winning documentary "The Bitter Winter of Belief: Sneaking Cults" was successfully held at the Press Club in Brussels.
▲The 7th CIODC meeting held in Nanning, China From December 8th to 10th, 2023, the 7th China-International Organ Donation Conference CIODC and the International Cooperation and Development Forum on Organ Donation Transplantation along the “Belt and Road Initiative” were held in Nanning City, Chi...
Japan's parliament on Wednesday passed into law a bill to monitor the assets of the controversial religious group Unification Church more closely to ensure relief to its victims.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with the leader of a Unification Churchaffiliatein Tokyo in 2019 when he was policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, sources said.