Detention of religious leaders continues in South Korea. Some are calling it a purge.
Among those detained, the most urgent concern is the health of Dr. Hak Ja Han, president of the Family Federation.
She fell three times in one month inside a detention center, and underwent surgery.
228 days since detention.
172 days in a cell.
56 days hospitalized.
Three surgeries.
Heart: she underwent surgery for cardiac arrhythmia before detention. Prosecutors detained her before recovery was complete.
Eyes: operated on amid risk of blindness from glaucoma and macular degeneration. The court granted three days of medical release. Guidelines recommend one to two weeks. The defense applied for an extension. Denied. She was returned to her cell.
Shoulder: she fell three times in one month inside detention. Pain spread through her body to the point where painkillers were no longer sufficient. The injury to her left shoulder was only discovered after her third temporary release, when she finally received a thorough examination at a hospital.
No adequate examination had been conducted inside the facility.
Her lawyer told the court: "It is too hard to endure each day. She does not even have the strength to chew rice."
The defense requested two months for rehabilitation. The court granted one. That deadline falls on May 30.
She and her defense team repeatedly raised alarms about her deteriorating health. Those warnings were dismissed.
She needed consistent nursing care and medical treatment. Inside the detention center, she received neither.
The neglect produced exactly what they warned against: further deterioration.
The world is watching South Korea detain religious leaders, deny them medical care, and call it justice. The question is no longer about law. It is about religious persecution and the abandonment of human rights
🚨BREAKING: A Tokyo court just dissolved a major religious organization with millions of members — without a criminal conviction.
This is the first time in Japanese history a faith community has been legally dissolved without a criminal case. The previous two? Aum Shinrikyo (sarin gas attack) and a fraud cult.
Former U.S. Ambassador for Religious Freedom Sam Brownback: "It is unbelievable that a democracy would dissolve a legitimate faith community that has not been convicted of a crime."
South Korea. Japan. China. North Korea. Four countries. One pattern. Nobody in the West is connecting the dots.
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