To begin, a question:
What urges hundreds of people including high profile leaders and people from multiple faith backgrounds to gather in a rally?
To reply to that question, here is the answer:
Recently, in the news, NBC News of U.S. reported ‘Protest against Coercive Conversion Education’. This event was in retaliation of a death of a young 27y old Korean woman who lost her life as a result of Coercive Conversion Education.
Please see the video below:
So what is this all about??
To begin, what is Coercive Conversion Education? It is an organised 'education' by Korean pastors belonging to the Christian Council of Korea (CCK) who guide parents to forcefully get their children to join education to convert them to the doctrine designated by the CCK.
Secondly, how does Ji In Gu fit in?
Ji in Gu was one of the most recent victims of the program and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she died as a result of the actions due to those involved in the education program.
The 27y old young adult was previously in the Coercive Conversion Education and she managed to escape as described more here. However, when her disappearance was reported, there was no immediate response to this, even her pleas to those in governmental positions fell on deaf ears. This lukewarm investigation already chimes alarm bells, let alone the alarms of emergency vehicles rushing to her aid - or in this case, the lack thereof.
Members of the Korean public all gathered together in support of putting a law into place to prevent such things ever happening.
Regardless of your religion, be it Christian, Sihk, Buddhism, etc, you should be allowed to choose as you deem fit. There is simply no justification for violence and confinement of an individual and the same goes for religious discrimination. The irony, however, is that victims of the coercive conversion are increasing at a steady rate.
Despite the above, we must take a stand for this.
Human Rights must be protected.
In response to the event of this young woman's death, other countries are also showing their interests around the globe.
But, what can we do?
We must protect Human Rights.
We must stand our ground for the protection of ourselves and others.
One small step we can do to make a change is to educate ourselves which is why I have linked the pages below for your information.
Please take action today so that no more lives would be lost to such harsh causes, and that instead we can live in a world with more harmony among people regardless of their race, gender, or religion.
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