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Aired on SBS at 11PM Seoul, Korea time on October 6, 2010


People are shocked as cases of oppressive kidnapping and confinement are recurring continuously and systematically within the Unification Church. Unification Church members are having their human rights violated as they are violently coerced to renounce their faith while forcibly confined by their families and a large and organized kidnapping force that uses the families and has ties with Christian ministers and others.

To this day, Japanese wives are unable to visit their parents' homes due to concerns and fear of a second or third abduction. A considerable number of them show signs of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

There are a total of about 7,000 Unificationist Japanese wives currently residing in Korea. Around 300 of them claim to be victims of kidnapping and confinement. It is expected that there is a larger number of unaccounted victims.

On SBS's Pursuit of the News on October 6, 2010, a focus report on the reality of inhuman and anti-religious human rights violations against Japanese Unificationist wives living in Korea was aired. Moreover, they covered a disclosure of the inside of the Unification Church.

In particular, changes of the Unification Church in its second generation lead by International President Hyung Jin Moon, the 32-year-old young seventh son of Unification Church founder Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon.

The viewing rate of the focus report was 11.8%, which is double the average viewer rate of other programs, ranging from 5-7%. The reaction to SBS from viewers on the internet also went through the roof. With a normal response of 300 comments, this SBS program received over 7000.

(SBS Internet News Department)

Additional Articles:

Civil Rights Rallies Protest Abduction Scandal Across Japan

Japan Abduction Issue Covered by Newspaper at University of Washington

Japan’s Human Rights Failures Draw Attention as Activists Rally in 10 Major U.S. Cities

Japanese Police Refuse Aid to Captive Held by Family for Religious Beliefs

Women Clergy Protest Japan’s Human Rights Violations at Independence Hall

Full Translation of Korean Documentary on Abductions

Human Rights Leaders Await Word From Japanese Consulate On Meeting to Discuss Country's Abuses

Korean TV Documents the reality of Japan’s Forced-Conversion Scandal

Scholars of Religion Urged to investigate Human-Rights Violations in Japan

Good Will Tour Nets News Coverage for Japan’s Religious Freedom Scandal

Human Rights Expert Says Japan in 'Collusion' With Criminals

Memorial Services Held for Forced-Conversion Victim Who Died in Captivity

Youtube videos of Takako Fijita’s story:

Part 1
Part 2

Confronting Unification Church Critics at the ICSA Conference

June 9 Demonstrations to Protest Prejudiced Reporting About Unification Church Members and Abduction and Confinement

Rev. In Jin Moon Inspires Women In Ministry To Conduct Human Rights Forum on Violations in Japan

Japanese Buddhist Priest Calls for Prosecution of Forced-Conversion Professionals

Confinement Tactics May Have Claimed Three More Victims in Japan

Victims of Kidnapping in Japan Lead Marches and Demonstrations

Three Unificationists Believed to Be Holding Out in Confinement

Japan’s Kidnapping Issue Moves Higher on U.S. State Department Radar

View more videos at:
vimeo.com/channels/stopjapanabduction

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