Bitter Winter
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
NEWS FROM CHINA
CCP Propaganda Wants You: Behind the Curtain of China’s Global TV Machine
A report reveals how CGTN’s polished façade conceals a system in which censorship governs every layer of news production, and journalists operate under constant supervision.
NEWS FROM THE WORLD
A New Judicial Seal on the Suppression of Ahmadi Religious Literature in Pakistan
The Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling on “Rohani Khazayeen” confirms that restrictions on Ahmadi belief are now endorsed at the highest judicial level.
TESTIMONIES FROM CHINA
No Uyghur Is Beyond Reach: AI and Beijing’s New Machinery of Transnational Repression
From WhatsApp groups and diaspora media to Türkiye and Syria, the Anthropic report reveals how technology expands Beijing’s repression.
TESTIMONIES FROM THE WORLD
Ogawa and Nishioka on the Unification Church Case in Japan. 2. How the Media Killed a Church
Politicians were unable or unwilling to resist media pressure. Christians were conditioned by decades of left-wing propaganda.
FEATURED CHINA
Inside the Maoist Communist Party of China. 3. A Failed Protest?
Exclusive interviews with militants who believe that the leftist movement is doomed by its own fundamentalist Marxism and uncertain strategy.
FEATURED INTERNATIONAL
Zélie Lardé, Salarrué’s Wife, Salvadorean Theosophist and Painter
A committed member of the Theosophical Society, whose quiet creativity shaped the spiritual vision of Salarrué and their three artist daughters
OP-EDS CHINA
How Beijing Turns Human Relationships Into Instruments of Power
A governing model tested in Uyghur homes now shapes overseas networks, business ties, cultural outreach, and policing arrangements worldwide.
OP-EDS INTERNATIONAL
Canadian Chaplains and the Boundaries of State Neutrality
A new federal policy on spiritual language in the armed forces raises concerns about freedom of conscience and religion’s future place in Canadian public life.
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
日本の統一教会問題について語る小川氏と西岡氏 1. 誰も疑問を呈しなかった決定
二人の知識人による対談は、信教の自由を守るべき立場の人々が声を上げないまま、解散命令に向けた手続きが進んでいった経緯を明らかにする。






