Bitter Winter
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
NEWS FROM CHINA
Stop Uyghur Forced Labor: An Event in the UK Parliament
Activists and campaigners pool resources to see the scourge of Uyghur forced labor eradicated in Xinjiang.
NEWS FROM THE WORLD
A 95-Year-Old Religious Leader in Custody: South Korea Crosses a Line
An elderly man who devoted his life to faith is now treated as a public menace.
TESTIMONIES FROM CHINA
China’s Shadow in Southeast Asia: How the United Front Cooperates with Organized Crime
A new report reveals how Beijing’s political machinery blends with criminal networks across the region.
TESTIMONIES FROM THE WORLD
How a Narrative Was Built: Fact-Checker Kato Reads the Unification Church Case in Japan
A leading journalist documented, with statistical data, how activists and media fabricated a climate leading to the dissolution of the religious organization.
FEATURED CHINA
Uyghurs Students as Dissidents: 40 Years of History
How Uyghur students helped shape China’s 1980s reform era, and a democratic awakening became recast as a security threat.
FEATURED INTERNATIONAL
Theosophy, “Thought-Forms,” and the Arts. 1. Discovering the Esoteric Roots of Abstraction
Sixten Ringbom’s “dynamite”: how a young scholar’s archival shock reshaped the history of modern art.
OP-EDS CHINA
The Chinese Communist Party Teaches Tibetan Buddhism to Tibetan Buddhists
In yet another ridiculous attempt to rewrite history for propaganda purposes, Beijing fakes the origin of Buddhist teachings and belittles India.
OP-EDS INTERNATIONAL
Shincheonji and the Unification Church: South Korea’s Minister of Justice Promises “Strict Punishment” of “False Prophets”
Elderly religious leaders are kept in detention, while the politician quotes the Gospel against the “heretics” and hails what happened in Japan.
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
いかにして“ナラティブ”は作られたのか:ファクトチェックの専門家・加藤文宏氏が読み解く日本の旧統一教会問題
第一線のジャーナリストが、統計データをもとに、いかに活動家とメディアが宗教団体を解散へと導く社会的空気を作り上げたかを明らかにする。マッシモ・イントロヴィニエ






