BITTER WINTER

Bitter Winter

A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

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LATEST ARTICLES

Police Raid on AROPL in Crewe Raises Concerns Over Proportionality

Disturbing parallels with patterns of militarized raids on minority religions emerge.

Jehovah’s Witnesses: UN Human Rights Committee Issues Landmark Ruling Against Russia 

For the first time, the Committee finds violations of both non-discrimination and minority rights provisions in a religious liberty case.

Li Ganjie in Yunnan: Echoes of A High-Profile Trip and the “Sinicization” of Religion

The United Front Work Department chief and Politburo members personally inspected the progress of the CCP’s plan to control religions in a key province.

Misinterpreting Court Decisions: The Madrid Ruling Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses

Media and anti-cultists misinterpret a (wrong) decision as a judicial condemnation of the religion rather than a free-speech case.

Barbara Demick’s “Daughters of the Bamboo Grove”: Revisiting the One-Child Policy in China

An award for the book that highlights the human cost of China’s population control through the extraordinary story of separated twins.

Unification Church: Japan’s Dissolution Order and International Law. 7. A Decision Based on Speculation

The court dissolved the Church based on “hypothetical” and “potential” rather than actual risks.

No Real Freedom for the Catholic Church in China

After the 2018 agreement, pressure on Chinese Catholics is escalating amid apparent indifference from the Vatican, a Human Rights Watch Report says.

Unification Church: Japan’s Dissolution Order and International Law. 6. Ignoring the Compliance Declarations

After the internal reform of 2009, contested cases of donations fell to almost zero.

The Bible Dilemma of China’s House Church Believers

A Chinese Christian explains that obtaining a Bible legally is difficult—and getting one illegally will land you in jail.

Unification Church: Japan’s Dissolution Order and International Law. 5. Was the Order Needed?

The court failed to prove that dissolving the church was “necessary in a democratic society.”

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