Bitter Winter

How the revival of discredited psychological‑coercion theories inside trafficking frameworks endangers every religious and spiritual community: a call to action.

What crime did the religious organization commit? Apparently, collecting donations to support its charitable endeavors abroad.

A course in Beijing shows how the Sinicization of Islam means aligning doctrine, education, and identity with Party ideology and “Confucianism.”

Fresh detentions and sentences show that China’s campaign against this spiritual movement continues

An elderly man who devoted his life to faith is now treated as a public menace.

A meeting in Wuxi shows how the Chinese Buddhist Association is mobilizing its committees to complete the transformation mandated by the 2023–27 plan.

A rapid and thinly reasoned verdict closes the case but leaves profound concerns about neutrality, due process, and the future of religious freedom in Japan.

Coalition of Uyghurs, Tibetans, Mongolians, and Hongkongers urges Dutch Parliament to act against the law.

A leading journalist documented, with statistical data, how activists and media fabricated a climate leading to the dissolution of the religious organization.

Artists associated with eroticism, particularly with the esoteric erotic traditions, faced discrimination, censorship, and reputational destruction.