Deprogrammers

Deprogrammers

Deprogramming is the controversial tactic that attempts to remove someone who has "strongly held convictions," often related to cults or New Religious Movements(NRM). Deprogramming aims to assist a person who holds a controversial or restrictive belief system in changing those beliefs and severing connections to the associated religious, political, economic, or social group which created and controls that belief system. Some methods and practices of people who have deprogrammed have involved kidnapping, false imprisonment, and coercion, which have sometimes resulted in criminal convictions of the deprogrammers. Some deprogramming regimens are designed for individuals taken against their will, which has led to controversies over freedom of religion, kidnapping, and civil rights, as well as the violence which is sometimes involved.

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