Editing CESNUR (section)

===Shincheonji and spread of COVID-19===
On November 29, 2019, CESNUR co-organized a seminar in Seoul claiming that thousands of members of [[Shincheonji]], a group many in South Korea regard as a [[cult]], had been subject to forcible [[deprogramming]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rana |first=Dyvia |date=December 7, 2019 |title=Seminar on Freedom of Faith and Human Rights Held By CESNUR and HRWF |url=https://www.digpu.com/business-and-finance/seminar-on-freedom-of-faith-and-human-rights-held-by-cesnur-and-hrwf/83453/ |work=Digpu News |location=Delhi |access-date=March 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053156/https://www.digpu.com/business-and-finance/seminar-on-freedom-of-faith-and-human-rights-held-by-cesnur-and-hrwf/83453/ |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Introvigne was among the speakers.<ref>{{Cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2019-12-01 |title=International Experts Urge Democratic Countries To Pay Attention To Religious Suppression Of Minorities In South Korea |url=https://www.uaetoday.com/news_details_ad/27731/international-experts-urge-democratic-countries-to-pay-attention-to-religious-suppression-of-minorities-in-south-korea |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417065555/https://www.uaetoday.com/news_details_ad/27731/international-experts-urge-democratic-countries-to-pay-attention-to-religious-suppression-of-minorities-in-south-korea |archive-date=2020-04-17 |access-date=2020-03-19 |work=UAE Today |location=Dubai |language=en}}</ref>

Regarding the  Shincheonji organization's [[Shincheonji Church of Jesus#Association with the coronavirus outbreak|association with a coronavirus outbreak]] in 2020, CESNUR and Human Rights Without Frontiers released a joint [[white paper]] stating that, although Shincheonji made "mistakes" in its management of the crisis, the organization had also been discriminated against because of its unpopular status.<ref name="BD"/><ref>{{Cite news |author= |date=2020-03-31 |title=Mener kristen sekt er utsatt for jakt på syndebukk for koronautbruddet |trans-title=Believes Christian sect is being scapegoated for the corona outbreak |url=https://www.vl.no/nyhet/mener-kristen-sekt-er-utsatt-for-jakt-pa-syndebukk-for-koronautbruddet-1.1691863?paywall=true |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404015408/https://www.vl.no/nyhet/mener-kristen-sekt-er-utsatt-for-jakt-pa-syndebukk-for-koronautbruddet-1.1691863?paywall=true |archive-date=2020-04-04 |access-date=2020-04-01 |work=[[Vårt Land (Norwegian newspaper)|Vårt Land]] |location=Oslo |language=no |agency=Kristelig Pressekontor}}</ref> The founder of Shincheonji had been prosecuted for his alleged responsibility in the spreading of the Covid, and has been acquitted on January 13, 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shin |first=Hyonhee |date=2021-01-13 |title=South Korea church leader acquitted on charge of blocking virus effort |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29I0R9/ |access-date=2023-12-24 |work=[[Reuters]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>