Bitter Winter

Inflated damage estimates misled politicians and judges. In September, however, a Tokyo judge absolved a Family Federation attorney prosecuted for criminal insult.

Thailand’s royal pardon for two prisoners spreads anxiety across the diaspora, where release from jail has often been the prelude to deportation to China.

The anti-cult journalist inflated the damage caused by the Family Federation. Only a few hundred claimants have come forward.

A reporting ban on the Chester hearing has been lifted. What emerged there should trouble anybody who cares about justice in Britain.

Taken away at 14 for being her parents’ daughter, the youngest face in the Xinjiang Police Files reportedly died in a Chinese prison at 23.

A new report finds nearly 1,250 liaison points abroad, keeping watch on the diaspora, harassing dissidents, and targeting groups labeled as “xie jiao.”

A Chester judge calls the police evidence hearsay, yet keeps Abdullah Hashem and six fellow believers under restraint for six more months.

Huge photovoltaic parks, a power line to Guangdong, data centers, and copper mines suggest that Beijing’s green agenda on the plateau also serves strategic goals.

A Harvard scholar retells the “cult wars” with wit and fresh insights, confirms that courts rightly rejected Margaret Singer, yet trusts anti-cult narratives too much.

A dossier on desecrated temples, seized land, and abducted girls in Sindh prompts calls to reconsider aid to Islamabad.