BITTER WINTER

Bitter Winter

A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

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LATEST ARTICLES

The Saga of AROPL: Racism, Riots, and Violence

Sensationalist media, fake news, and propaganda fueled a rapid mobilization of violent protests.

Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge.3. The Government’s “Re-Education” Plan

New state policies introduce schoolbased programs designed to reshape the thinking of minors from Unification Church families.

When the Dao Must March in Formation: The New Management System for Taoist Clergy

The model tightens ideological discipline and expands monitoring, while temples quietly resist pressure to preach political doctrine rather than classical cultivation.

Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge. 2. Targeting Believers’ Children

Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge. 2. Targeting Believers’ Children

China’s Patriotic Catholic Church Promotes the Ethnic Unity Law

The official Catholic body promotes with zeal a law internationally condemned while ignoring the Papal encyclical that the rest of the Catholic world is discussing.

The Hague City Council Bans Pro-Chinese Lantern Festival

Following the aggression against the Lonely Uyghur, the “City of Peace and Justice” severed Beijing’s propaganda arm.

Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge — 1. Anti Heresy Campaigns

How lawyers and religious competitors have pushed Japan toward measures that target believers even after the organization’s dissolution.

Gustaf Fjaestad: Theosophy and the Winter Light of the Invisible 

A Swedish master whose snow-covered landscapes were shaped as much by Theosophy and spiritual inquiry as by nature itself.

Christian Gospel Mission and the Moment Stigma Turned Physical: The Case Reaches the United Nations

A followup submission to the Human Rights Council details how sustained hostility toward CGM members culminated in a violent assault only days after CAPLC’s warning.

Japan: Bias Ignored as Unification Church’s Recusal Motion Is Rejected

A judge who attended an antiUnification-Church seminar and echoed its claims remains on the panel, raising grave concerns about judicial credibility.

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