Bitter Winter
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

NEWS FROM CHINA

When the Dao Must March in Formation: The New Management System for Taoist Clergy
The model tightens ideological discipline and expands monitoring, while temples quietly resist pressure to preach political doctrine rather than classical cultivation.
NEWS FROM THE WORLD

The Saga of AROPL: When Headlines Become Weapons
How media fueled the racist riots: coordinated narratives turned a police operation into a public threat.
TESTIMONIES FROM CHINA
From Buddha to Racetrack: A Sacred Site in Drakgo Is Rewritten by Force
A revered statue’s grounds become a horseracing field. Cultural erasure in historical Tibet now proceeds through construction as much as demolition and removal.
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
Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge. 4. School Surveillance and Coercive Counseling
New schoolbased procedures instruct educators to identify and monitor children from Unification Church families, raising concerns about privacy violations.
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

Why Konstantin Rudnev Should Not Be Sent Back to Jail
A request submitted to Argentina’s Supreme Court.






