Bitter Winter
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

NEWS FROM CHINA

Buddhist Monk Detained After Marking the Tiananmen Anniversary
A quiet act of remembrance on June 4 leads to the detention of a Shandong monk long targeted for his views on faith and civic rights.
NEWS FROM THE WORLD

The Saga of AROPL.The Architect of the Narrative: Be Scofield
How a bizarre American anti‑cult activist, who receives messages from aliens and spirits, inserted herself into the British campaign against AROPL.
TESTIMONIES FROM CHINA
Sick and Pensionless: The Long Punishment of a Xinjiang Falun Gong Professor
The story of Li Xianghong reveals how, in today’s China, a prison sentence ends, but the machinery of reprisal does not.
TESTIMONIES FROM THE WORLD
The Rudnev Case at the United Nations Human Rights Council—Again
CAP-LC and United for Human Rights seek justice for the political and spiritual Russian dissident prosecuted in Argentina with dubious accusations.
FEATURED CHINA
“Unbroken,” by Rushan Abbas: A Uyghur Woman’s Fight for Her People
She played a crucial role in alerting the world to the genocide against the Uyghur. Now, she has told her story in a book.
FEATURED INTERNATIONAL
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.
OP-EDS CHINA
“Magnifica Humanitas” and Xi Jinping’s Thought on AI: Same Problem, Different Solutions
A CCP essay and a papal encyclical both warn about AI’s promise and peril, yet their moral universes could not be farther apart.
OP-EDS INTERNATIONAL
The Case of the Buenos Aires Yoga School and the Expansion of Punitive Power Against Minorities. Part 2
What is happening in Argentina is part of a global trend in which trafficking laws are used against spiritual minorities.
INTERVIEWS

South Korea vs Busan’s Segero Church: The Prosecution of Associate Pastor Kim
After the arrest and release of Pastor Son Hyun-bo, authorities now target another Segero pastor for leading a prayer: an exclusive interview with the accused minister.
DOCUMENT AND TRANSLATIONS

Сага об «Ашраме Шамбалы». 3. Российский судебный процесс.
В 2013 году Руднев был осуждён в Новосибирске и приговорён к одиннадцати годам лишения свободы. Однако вокруг справедливости этого процесса до сих пор остаётся немало вопросов.






