Annual CARP-Germany Members Meeting
FFWPU Germany Gießen, Germany, 25. October 2014: About 30 participants mainly from Gießen, Frankfurt and Düsseldorf came. A handful of supporting members who used to be very active around the time CARP was founded, also…
Australia: Culture of Healing Circle Workshop
WFWP Australia: On October 25, 2014, The Women’s Federation for World Peace (WFWP) and the Logan Elders held an Aboriginal “Culture of Healing Circle” workshop. The event was held at Murrigunyah Aboriginal & Torres Strait…
The Role of Interfaith in International Relations and Peace Building
“Let us create a laboratory for dialogue to open minds and possibilities for peace” FFWPU Australia: On October 18th 2014 a dialogue took place at Monash University in Melbourne. This seminar was sponsored by…
Book presentation with discussion: Korea and the West
FFWPU Europe, Bratislava, Slovakia, 10. November 2014: UPF Slovakia organized a well-advertised event on November 10, 2014 in Bratislava. The topic was “The cultural differences between Korea and the West“. The presentation was inspired by…
German HARP Autumn Workshop Report
German HARP, Neumühle Training Centre, Germany, 25. – 30. October 2014: The two German HARP autumn workshops took place this year under the motto "PULL our environment- PUre Love Lifestyle". In Germany, the school holidays…
Bridge of Peace, Czech Republic and Russia
WFWP Czech Republic, Mrs. Marcela Rozehnalova - Prague, Czech Republic, 24. – 28. October 2014: When True Father was in Prague in 2005 he emphasized the need for more Czech- Russian couples. We only…
World Café: My Faith and Global Citizenship
Youth UPF-Austria, (By Blerina Osmani): On Tuesday evening, October 14th, Youth UPF in Vienna came together to discuss about the role of religions in a pluralistic Europe and a globalized world. The moderator of the…
“Unification Church members kidnapped and forced to convert in Japan constitutes a human rights violations, compensations must be paid”
The Tokyo High Court ruled in favor of the victims’ association Segye Times, Tokyo correspondent Yong-ch'ul Kim kimgija@segye.com Published in Korea on November 14, 2014) A ruling awarding large compensations to Unification Church members…
JAPAN: Abduction and confinement of a couple for forceful change of religion
– Criminal charges brought against a pastor of Kobe City By Willy Fautré, HRWF Hiroshima, 17.11.2014 (HRWF) - On 7th November, a couple living in Hiroshima City, who are members of the Unification Church,…
JAPAN: A landmark court decision!
Kidnappers and deprogrammers to pay dozens of million yen for attempted forceful change of religion By Willy Fautré, HRWF Toru Goto’s case in a nutshell: Toru Goto confined by relatives for 12 years and 5…