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The Wenzhou atheistic pledge.

Wenzhou, Parents Asked to Sign a “Kindergarten Family Commitment Not to Believe in Religion”

An old image of Muslimdost. Screenshot.

Former Islamic State Commander Says Terrorist Group Financed from Pakistan

Putin and Xi met in Moscow on March 21, 2023. Will they one day be both inmates of the ICC Hague jail? Source: Presidency of the Russian Federation.

A Uyghur View: Putin Got His Arrest Warrant—Xi Jinping Should Be Next

A boy at a mass killing site of the 1971 genocide near Srimangal, Bangladesh. Credits.

Parliaments Should Recognize the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh

Rushan Abbas at the event.

Empowering the Next Generation of Uyghurs to Challenge China’s Genocide

The swastika the FSB found in Novouralsk, left, and the official version of the Nazi swastika, right (credits).

Russia, Hare Krishnas Accused of Planning Attacks Against Military Conscription Bureaus

Abduxaliq Uyghur. Credits.

Abduxaliq Uyghur, 1901–1933: Uyghurs Remember Their Beheaded Poet

During the COVID pandemic, WFWP Japan made and distributed thousands of face masks. At that time, local media applauded… Source: WFWP.

Second-Generation Unification Church Believers Discriminated in Japan. 4. Punishing Volunteers

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Wenzhou, Parents Asked to Sign a “Kindergarten Family Commitment Not to Believe in Religion”

Wenzhou, Parents Asked to Sign a “Kindergarten Family Commitment Not to Believe in Religion”

03/24/2023 By He Yuyan

In the mandator statement, they promise to educate their children to socialism and atheism.

The “Buddhist and Taoist Clergy Database,” Another CCP Imposture

The “Buddhist and Taoist Clergy Database,” Another CCP Imposture

03/15/2023 By He Yuyan

Advertised as a tool against fraudulent “false monks,” it will in fact also help cracking down on Buddhist monks and Taoist priests not controlled by the CCP.

Courtesy of the Two Sessions: Two New Powerful (and Dangerous) Chinese Agencies

Courtesy of the Two Sessions: Two New Powerful (and Dangerous) Chinese Agencies

03/13/2023 By Tan Liwei

Meet the new National Financial Regulatory Administration and National Data Bureau. Both mean more CCP control on the economy and the Internet.

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Former Islamic State Commander Says Terrorist Group Financed from Pakistan

Former Islamic State Commander Says Terrorist Group Financed from Pakistan

03/23/2023 By Massimo Introvigne

Sheikh Abdul Rahim Muslimdost said the December 2022 attack against the Pakistani Embassy in Kabul was just “theatre” organized to deny the connection.

Pakistan: To Join Bar, Ahmadi Lawyers Are Asked to Deny Their Faith

Pakistan: To Join Bar, Ahmadi Lawyers Are Asked to Deny Their Faith

03/21/2023 By Marco Respinti

They are required to sign an affidavit, saying “I consider Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani a liar and his followers non-Muslims.”

Russia: Pastor Moskvitin Sentenced to 1.5 Years in Penal Colony for “Brainwashing”

Russia: Pastor Moskvitin Sentenced to 1.5 Years in Penal Colony for “Brainwashing”

03/20/2023 By Massimo Introvigne

New Creation’s leader in Omsk was told that Article 239.1 of the Russian Criminal Code makes “psychological abuse” a crime.

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Testimonies From China

Empowering the Next Generation of Uyghurs to Challenge China’s Genocide

Empowering the Next Generation of Uyghurs to Challenge China’s Genocide

03/23/2023 By Marco Respinti

Campaign for Uyghurs hosted a Uyghur Advocacy Training Workshop for young activists in Istanbul. Bitter Winter  was there.

China’s New Crackdown Targets “Self-Media”

China’s New Crackdown Targets “Self-Media”

03/22/2023 By Zhou Kexin

As recent scandals and the COVID protests demonstrated, allowing non-Party-approved news to be posted on social media is something the regime cannot tolerate. 

Censorship Frenzy: Do Not Search for “2952” in China or You Will Get Into Trouble 

Censorship Frenzy: Do Not Search for “2952” in China or You Will Get Into Trouble 

03/21/2023 By Tan Liwei

Xi Jinping was unanimously re-elected with 2,952 votes. But censors suspect that “2,952” is now a code word used to poke fun at the Chinese pseudo-democracy.

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Testimonies From the World

Russia, Hare Krishnas Accused of Planning Attacks Against Military Conscription Bureaus

Russia, Hare Krishnas Accused of Planning Attacks Against Military Conscription Bureaus

03/22/2023 By Massimo Introvigne

A “ISKCON leader” was arrested in Novouralsk. The evidence of his connection with “Ukrainian Nazis”: a swastika (which is however a common Hindu symbol).

Ahmadis Defend Human Rights—Not for Themselves Only

Ahmadis Defend Human Rights—Not for Themselves Only

03/11/2023 By Marco Respinti

Bitter Winter attended the 2023 National Peace Symposium hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at and the inauguration of a landmark new building at the Baitul Futuh mosque in London.

Pakistan: The Keynote Speaker at a Seminar on Kidnapping Is—A Kidnapper

Pakistan: The Keynote Speaker at a Seminar on Kidnapping Is—A Kidnapper

03/07/2023 By Massimo Introvigne

The Islamabad Bar Association organized a seminar on kidnapping and forced conversion of non-Muslim girls to Islam. They invited kidnapper Mian Mithoo to lecture.

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Interviews

Iran: “Christians Are Constantly Watched as Spies”

Iran: “Christians Are Constantly Watched as Spies”

02/10/2023 By Willy Fautré

A conversation with Pastor Dabrina Bet-Tamraz from Iran before she testified at the European Parliament in Brussels.

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Op-eds China

A Uyghur View: Putin Got His Arrest Warrant—Xi Jinping Should Be Next

A Uyghur View: Putin Got His Arrest Warrant—Xi Jinping Should Be Next

03/27/2023 By Kok Bayraq

The arrest warrant for Putin gave comfort to Ukrainians and hope to Uyghurs.

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Abduxaliq Uyghur, 1901–1933: Uyghurs Remember Their Beheaded Poet

Abduxaliq Uyghur, 1901–1933: Uyghurs Remember Their Beheaded Poet

03/14/2023 By Abdurehim Gheni Uyghur

An author who tried to create a national Uyghur conscience through poetry and education was executed by a Chinese warlord ninety years ago,

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Op-eds International

Parliaments Should Recognize the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh

Parliaments Should Recognize the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh

03/25/2023 By Harry Van Bommel

In the U.S. and UK progress is being made, while in Europe it is the Netherlands that may take the lead.

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Second-Generation Unification Church Believers Discriminated in Japan. 4. Punishing Volunteers

Second-Generation Unification Church Believers Discriminated in Japan. 4. Punishing Volunteers

03/17/2023 By Masumi Fukuda

Even those Family Federation members who perform valuable volunteer work have been harassed based on dubious theories spread by anti-cult lawyers.

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Documents and Translations

Les fidèles de la deuxième génération de l’Église de l’Unification sont victimes de discrimination au Japon. 4. Punir les bénévoles

Les fidèles de la deuxième génération de l’Église de l’Unification sont victimes de discrimination au Japon. 4. Punir les bénévoles

03/21/2023 By Masumi Fukuda

Même les membres de la Fédération des familles qui effectuent des activités bénévoles extrêmement utiles ont été harcelés sur la base de théories douteuses diffusées par des avocats antisectes.

Les fidèles de la deuxième génération de l’Église de l’Unification sont victimes de discrimination au Japon. 3. La calomnie des médias mène à la discrimination

Les fidèles de la deuxième génération de l’Église de l’Unification sont victimes de discrimination au Japon. 3. La calomnie des médias mène à la discrimination

03/20/2023 By Masumi Fukuda

À cause de la campagne médiatique qui a suivi l’assassinat d’Abe, certains jeunes croyants ont vu leurs offres d’emploi annulées, ont perdu leur travail ou ont divorcé de leur conjoint.

Les fidèles de la deuxième génération de l’Église de l’Unification sont victimes de discrimination au Japon. 2. Une Agence des affaires culturelles partiale

Les fidèles de la deuxième génération de l’Église de l’Unification sont victimes de discrimination au Japon. 2. Une Agence des affaires culturelles partiale

03/17/2023 By Masumi Fukuda

Dans leurs rapports avec l’Agence, les fidèles de la deuxième génération de la Fédération des familles se sont sentis discriminés et humiliés.

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  • Censorship Frenzy: Do Not Search for “2952” in China or You Will Get Into Trouble  by Tan Liwei
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