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The troubled path toward justice for more than 4,000 Japanese victims of coercive faith-breaking ignored by the authorities for over 50 years A conference entitled “The Vital Role of the Statute of Rome for the…
The dialogue brings together Ogawa’s analysis of public discourse and Nakagawa’s direct encounters with victims, activists, and church members, creating a perspective that illuminates the human rights issues surrounding abduction and confinement.
A society that abandons fair procedure abandons itself. A judiciary that accepts impressions accepts the erosion of its own authority. A public that ceases to listen ceases to understand.
Ogawa concludes that the conversation has revealed how easily institutions abandon the values they claim to uphold. He believes that the space for genuine debate has narrowed, yet insists that persistence can still shape public…
Ogawa responds by noting that ideological movements often begin with theory rather than evidence. He argues that public debate must return to the discipline of examining facts before forming conclusions. He sees this as essential…
The decision punishes an older woman whose life has been devoted to religious and humanitarian work. Millions worldwide call her the Mother of Peace. It also reveals that South Korea continues down a path where…
At an Osaka event, Nozomi Kojima, representative of the Second-Generation Association to Protect Believers' Human Rights, urged Family Federation members to stay hopeful following the high court's dissolution order. Joined by attorney Shinichi Tokunaga, Kojima…
... Mr. Ogawa remarked, "Something has been cultivated over these past four years, and starting this July, it has begun to bloom." He added, "Today, August 1st, marks a new beginning together with all of…
... Nakamasa’s voice emerges from decades of silence because the space for genuine debate has nearly disappeared, and someone must insist that principles of religious freedom and due process still matter.
... Cases like Chairman Lee’s and Mother Han’s are crossroads. Their release would honor their age and humanity, yet they would also affirm something deeper: that Korea chooses to stand with the principle that faith,…