Heikki Rissanen

Husband, father, grandfather. Forest creature disguised as technology professional. Advocate of religious freedom.

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

@BitterWinterMag This article is good reading for Korean and Japanese Christians and anyone else who chases quick gains by teaming up with “anti-cult” people.
#ReligiousFreedom

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

Moral panic and Stockholm syndrome walk into a bar… that’s the essence of the Japanese government’s ruling against the Family Federation!

[Massimo Introvigne @Introvigne]

Journalist Masumi Fukuda’s formidable speech in Brussels on the Unification Church in Japan: if you don’t understand deprogramming and forced conversions, you do not understand the case

https://t.co/s7EeroyAOR

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

Thank you for your thoughtful journalism, Ms. Fukuda and Bitter Winter! Unlawful detentions and forced deconversions of Family Federation members, as well as sensational media coverage after Prime Minister Abe’s assassination, laid the foundation for the Japanese government’s case against the Family Federation. Moral panic meets Stockholm syndrome.

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

@Introvigne @monarchreport25 Japan's failure to address forced conversions and the government's seizure of places of worship is state-led religious persecution. #ReligiousFreedom

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

@BitterWinterMag Thank you for reporting on the religious freedom violations of the Japanese government.

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

After having been torn apart by the machinery of the governments of Russia and Argentina, Konstantin Rudnev deserves to be heard. #ReligiousFreedom

[Massimo Introvigne @Introvigne]

Márk Nemes reads the “Manifestos” Konstantin Rudnev wrote in detention in Argentina—and what they tell us about his worldview, protest, and utopia https://t.co/GDOfux90sK

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

Japanese courts have assumed the role of an inquisitor.
#ReligiousFreedom

[BitterWinterMagazine @BitterWinterMag]

After the Unification Church’s Dissolution in Japan. 1. Dissolved Without Having Committed Crimes https://t.co/ctcuwNzSVA A bestselling author explains why her investigation reveals a profound crisis for religious liberty and constitutional guarantees in contemporary Japan.

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

Dr. Hak Ja Han’s trial is the modern-day version of the trial of Socrates. #ReligiousFreedom

[The Monarch Report @monarchreport25]

https://t.co/dpXm6bQ9JI

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

Beijing is deploying AI and sophisticated digital strategies to control the global narrative on Tibet.

[BitterWinterMagazine @BitterWinterMag]

China Will Use AI to Shape the International Narrative on Tibet https://t.co/1gWndQ2atT A “communication conference” on “Xizang” in Lhasa proposed using new technologies to influence Western perceptions of Tibet.

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

Are Japan and South Korea still democracies? Their governments persecute minority religions.
#ReligiousFreedom
https://t.co/25WbiEX8Vg

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

@BitterWinterMag The Japanese government's dissolution of the Family Federation was a judicial failure driven by media hysteria and political pressure. There was no sound legal evidence. #ReligiousFreedom

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

@DemianDunkley So far, Dr. Han’s case has been a textbook example of ignoring due process, fairness, and human rights. I try to believe that fairness can sneak back into the sentencing phase.

#ReligiousFreedom

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

@monarchreport25 South Korea’s rapid decline into a state that systematically persecutes churches is astonishing! Article 20 of its Constitution, “All citizens shall enjoy freedom of religion,” is dead.

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

@DemianDunkley The way Dr. Han has been treated over the past year is unacceptable. I pray that the judge now follows facts and evidence - unlike the SK justice minister who announced before trials that “heretical” minority faith leaders will be punished. #ReligiousFreedom

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

@Introvigne Mr. Rudnev is being prosecuted because he was prosecuted in Russia. The case itself has no substance. #ReligiousFreedom

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

@monarchreport25 He said, she said. I trust Dr. Han’s testimony. After this, the Family Federation must finally grow up and start proper accounting practices.

#ReleaseTheMotherOfPeace

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

South Korea’s rapid decline in two years to a state systematically persecuting minority faiths is as astonishing as its economic rise was during the previous fifty years.
#ReligiousFreedom

https://t.co/LEBKXsQZ03

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

Excellent article by Bitter Winter on how discredited "brainwashing" theories are resurfacing in democratic legal systems through expanded interpretations of coercive control, spiritual abuse, and human-trafficking statutes. These strategies violate religious freedom by treating voluntary religious devotion as criminal entrapment.

#ReligiousFreedom

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

Who will rescue Buddhism from hijackers? #ReligiousFreedom

[BitterWinterMagazine @BitterWinterMag]

The Chinese Communist Party Teaches Tibetan Buddhism to Tibetan Buddhists https://t.co/N8H2VppdAn In yet another ridiculous attempt to rewrite history for propaganda purposes, Beijing fakes the origin of Buddhist teachings and belittles India.

[Heikki Rissanen @HeikkiRiss]

@monarchreport25 The Japanese government’s case against the Family Federation relied on closed-door hearings and written witness statements that the witnesses deny having ever made. Who wrote these statements? #ReligiousFreedom