R.I.P Ms. Ji-In Gu
Following the murder
of 27-year-old Ms. Ji-In Gu in Hwasun, Republic of Korea, a Facebook page has
been set up to commemorate her passing and bring to light a tragedy which the
Korean government continues to remain silent on. Ms. Gu was murdered at the
hands of her parents with heavily complicit involvement by Christian pastors.
Why? For having refused to renounce her religious beliefs.
Ms.
Ji-In Gu is not the first victim of this practice of coercive conversion. In
fact, approximately 1300
people in Korea have been subject to it. Coercive, or ‘forced’, conversion
is a programme established and implemented by so-called Christian pastors in
Korea who kidnap, confine, and subject their victims to violence in an attempt
to force them to renounce their religious beliefs. It is a clear violation of Article 20 of the Constitution of
South Korea in which “all citizens enjoy the freedom of religion” and the basic
universal human right to the freedom of religion.
Since her passing
in January 2018, rallies and memorials have been held and attended by hundreds
of thousands of people in over thirty countries. Most recently, a one-page notice
of her murder was published in the New York
Times. In addition, a website has been created called ‘End coercive conversion’
(please see link below), which contains a letter of plea that she wrote and
sent to the President of Korea in June 2017 shortly after she had escaped her initial
44 days in captivity by pastors. No action was taken. She was abducted again
shortly after.
No one can
compensate for the unjust loss of a sister, daughter and friend who was loved
by many.
Reading
May_RIP_Gu
https://goo.gl/Gy7tsd
End Coercive Conversion
http://endcoerciveconversion.org/
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the death of Ms. Gu is so sad and I would like to notify this accident to condolence.
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