Bitter Winter
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
NEWS FROM CHINA
When Culture Becomes Command: Xi Jinping’s Latest Ideological Manifesto
It is October and the “People’s Daily” presents the Party’s renewed promise of total guidance over thought, spirit, and culture.
NEWS FROM THE WORLD
The OneTaste Case Reaches Warsaw’s OSCE-ODIHR Meeting
CAP-LC warns that expanding coercion to “psychological influence” endangers spiritual, therapeutic, and self-development communities.
TESTIMONIES FROM CHINA
Hidden Cameras in the Laogai: Orville Schell’s Long-Delayed Exposé
In 1991, he filmed forced labor inside Chinese penal colonies for “60 Minutes.” Fear of reprisals left his story unpublished for more than three decades.
TESTIMONIES FROM THE WORLD
Are Pakistanis Free to Practice Their Own Religion?
Decades on death row before acquittal, mobs set loose by unproven accusations, temples bulldozed: a case for the EU to rethink the GSP+ privileges it extends to Islamabad.
FEATURED CHINA
The Paper Trail of Repression: Chinese Procurement Records Expose the Surveillance Industry
A C4ADS study follows tenders and invoices across Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Tibet, and Hong Kong to name the companies supplying Beijing’s watchers.
FEATURED INTERNATIONAL
Konstantin Rudnev: Four New Manifestos on Life, Suffering, and Resilience
The persecuted spiritual teacher’s latest parables, penned in an Argentine prison, turn to personal memories and conceal hints of esoteric teachings.
OP-EDS CHINA
Opinion: European Parliament Denounces China’s Genocidal and Aggressive Policies
MEPs adopted by a large majority a recommendation denouncing Beijing’s assimilation law, its support for Moscow’s war, and its pressure on Taiwan.
OP-EDS INTERNATIONAL
Financing Terrorism: Testing Pakistan’s FATF Vulnerability
Four years after leaving the grey list, Islamabad must show that its rules can stop terror money moving through illegal betting apps and digital “hawala.”
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
„Intese”: Strasbourg condamnă Italia pentru excluziunea timp de 40 de ani a Martorilor lui Iehova
Curtea Europeană a Drepturilor Omului a hotărât că Italia a încălcat principiile fundamentale ale egalității și libertății religioase.






