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The Case of the Unification Church in Japan: Testimony of a Doctor Who Survived Deprogramming

Summary by Bitter Winter
The author, a doctor, was abducted and held captive by his parents and a deprogrammer. Behind him, as always, was an anti-cult lawyer. Hirohisa Koide *This article is a testimony presented at the side event "Eradication and Dissolution of a Religious Community with 600,000 Members: The Case of the Unification Church in Japan" of the 59th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 16, 2025. Read the original article in E…
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The author, a doctor, was abducted and held captive by his parents and a deprogrammer. Behind him, as always, was an anti-cult lawyer. Hirohisa Koide *This article is a testimony presented at the side event "Eradication and Dissolution of a Religious Community with 600,000 Members: The Case of the Unification Church in Japan" of the 59th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 16, 2025. Read the original article in E…

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Bitter Winter broke the news in on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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