Bitter Winter
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
NEWS FROM CHINA
Lifechanyuan: Facing a New Wave of Repression in China
Fresh detentions and sentences show that China’s campaign against this spiritual movement continues
NEWS FROM THE WORLD
A 95-Year-Old Religious Leader in Custody: South Korea Crosses a Line
An elderly man who devoted his life to faith is now treated as a public menace.
TESTIMONIES FROM CHINA
China’s Ethnic Unity Law: Diaspora Minorities Unite to Protest
Coalition of Uyghurs, Tibetans, Mongolians, and Hongkongers urges Dutch Parliament to act against the law.
TESTIMONIES FROM THE WORLD
How a Narrative Was Built: Fact-Checker Kato Reads the Unification Church Case in Japan
A leading journalist documented, with statistical data, how activists and media fabricated a climate leading to the dissolution of the religious organization.
FEATURED CHINA
Uyghurs Students as Dissidents: 40 Years of History
How Uyghur students helped shape China’s 1980s reform era, and a democratic awakening became recast as a security threat.
FEATURED INTERNATIONAL
Misunderstanding Sacred Eroticism: The Demonization of Esoteric Art
Artists associated with eroticism, particularly with the esoteric erotic traditions, faced discrimination, censorship, and reputational destruction.
OP-EDS CHINA
The Bangkok Bombing Death Sentence: Built on Identity Rather Than Evidence?
The Bangkok Bombing Death Sentence: Built on Identity Rather Than Evidence?
OP-EDS INTERNATIONAL
Germany and Scientology: The Long Shadows of Past Mistakes
The end of federal monitoring raises questions about the legacy of a faulty policy that shaped institutional practices for decades.
INTERVIEWS
A Case Built on Sand? Konstantin Rudnev Speaks Out After House Arrest Is Revoked
The prosecutors’ accusations against Rudnev deserves to be examined in detail—and he should be allowed to present his version to the public.
DOCUMENT AND TRANSLATIONS
日本の最高裁、統一教会の解散を確定
迅速かつ簡潔な判断によって訴訟は終結したが、その判決は司法の中立性、適正手続き、そして日本における信教の自由の将来について深刻な疑問を残した。






