The U.S. Department of State's yearly report on religious liberty is eagerly awaited every year by scholars and activists who specialize in freedom of religion. It is the most comprehensive document of this kind published internationally.
The Department of State and the drama of religious liberty in JapanSecretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, in Washington. The U.S. Department of State’s yearly report on religious liberty is eagerly awaited every year by scholars and activists who specialize in freedom of religion. It is the most comprehensive document of this kind published internationally.
Regulations were passed limiting religious movements’ freedom to collect donations and socialize the children of their members into their religions. Administrative proceedings were started that may lead the government to seek the de-registration of the Family Federation as a religious organization. Similar proceedings are threatened against the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
I do not believe that positions favorable and hostile to religious liberty should be given “equal coverage” in a report about freedom of religion. I would have preferred a coverage of the Japanese situation confirming the traditional American position that regards stigmatization of certain groups as “cults” as bigotry, a position reiterated on the sections onof the same 2023 report.
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