BITTER WINTER

Bitter Winter

A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

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LATEST ARTICLES

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.

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.

ECHR’s  “Barsuk and Gyk vs Ukraine”: A Door Knock Echoes All the Way to Strasbourg

The European Court of Human Rights revisits a brutal assault on two Jehovah’s Witnesses evangelizing door to door—and teaches a lesson valid for all states.

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.

“Exile: The Journey of the Uyghur Diaspora” by Hsiao-Hung Pai—A Review

A meticulously documented account of how cultural erasure, mass internment, and long-arm transnational repression made Uyghur identity a fragile treasure.

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.

In Dallas, Christians Unite to Protest Persecution in China

Believers in China and overseas keep watch for imprisoned pastors and persecuted churches.

Ogawa and Nishioka on the Unification Church Case in Japan. 1. The Decision No One Questioned

A dialogue between two public intellectuals reveals how the dissolution order advanced without resistance from those entrusted with defending religious freedom.

UN Experts Warn Pakistan Over Escalating Measures Targeting Ahmadis

A coordinated statement from multiple UN mandate‑holders intensifies scrutiny of Pakistan’s treatment of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

Anthropic Reveals Massive Chinese Anti-Dissident AI-Generated Slander

China misused Claude to target dissidents, religious minorities, and journalists—including some who write for “Bitter Winter.”

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