Bitter Winter
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

NEWS FROM CHINA

China, United Front Issues Guidelines for the New Law on Ethnic Unity
State-controlled religious organizations and foreign propaganda are mobilized to implement and defend the widely criticized statute.
NEWS FROM THE WORLD

Jehovah’s Witnesses Win Landmark Case at the Norwegian Supreme Court
The court confirmed that adults’ and minors’ rights are not violated through removal (“shunning”).
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TESTIMONIES FROM CHINA
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.
TESTIMONIES FROM THE WORLD
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.
FEATURED CHINA
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.
FEATURED INTERNATIONAL
Jean Delville and Theosophy. 2. The Krishamurti Crisis
The Belgian painter was a fervent believer in Krishnamurti’s mission. This eventually led to his break with the Theosophical Society.
OP-EDS CHINA
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.
OP-EDS INTERNATIONAL
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.
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

Documento: Dictamen pericial sobre el caso de Konstantin Rudnev
Dado que los medios de comunicación sugieren que Rusia podría solicitar su extradición, conviene recordar a los tribunales argentinos que los disidentes no pueden esperar un juicio justo por parte de los tribunales rusos.






