Bitter Winter
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
NEWS FROM CHINA
84-Year-Old Female Falun Gong Practitioner Dies in Notorious Heilongjiang Prison
Liu Huiju died after repeated medical emergencies and prolonged pressure from local authorities.
NEWS FROM THE WORLD
Cameroon Announces the Closure of 1,400 Revivalist Churches
A Pentecostal woman killed her daughter. A minister used the tragedy as a pretext to crack down on local Pentecostals.
TESTIMONIES FROM CHINA
Communist Confession Rituals Return in Hong Kong
A machinery of remorse reminiscent of Stalin and Mao compels dissidents to confess and apologize publicly on TV.
TESTIMONIES FROM THE WORLD
The 2026 Raid on the Children of the Twelve Tribes in Hamburg, NY. 1. An Anti-Cult Campaign
What happened to the movement can only be understood by looking at decades of attacks against the “cults” based on the rhetoric of “saving the children.”
FEATURED CHINA
Frank Dikötter’s “Red Dawn Over China”: When History Is Itself Anti-Communist
A must-read scholarly book, criticized by Chinese propaganda, illuminates the early CCP with rare archival depth and uncompromising independence.
FEATURED INTERNATIONAL
Salarrué: A Theosophical Artist in El Salvador
His paintings and writings fused esoteric experience, vitalist philosophy, and Mesoamerican symbolism into a spiritual search that continues to attract scholars.
OP-EDS CHINA
China’s Weaponization of Tibet’s Green Revolution
The Chinese Communist Party is using dams, solar farms and power lines to fortify its Himalayan frontier, threatening its neighbors.
OP-EDS INTERNATIONAL
Anti-Cultism Down Under. 3. From Singer to Feliciano
Over-emphasizing the authority of their sources is a common anti-cult tactic. Nobody at the Victorian Inquiry double-checked their claims.
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
日本の統一教会事件:耳を傾けなくなった社会に一人の学者が訴える
宗教法人が十分な社会的議論もないまま解散させられる――日本はなぜ、このような状況に至ったのか。仲正昌樹氏が振り返る。






