Bitter Winter
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

NEWS FROM CHINA

China, Chengdu’s Early Rain Church: Yet Another Wave of Arrests
A new police operation targeted the long-persecuted house church on January 6.
NEWS FROM THE WORLD

The AROPL Teen Member Murdered in Kenya: Justice Delayed, Justice Denied
Said Athumani Kamau, brother of slain Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light member Ibrahim Ramadhan, was due in court in November. The hearing was postponed to February.
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TESTIMONIES FROM CHINA
Nepal, Belt and Road to Big Brother: Surveillance Tech in China’s Sphere of Influence
Nepal imports technology from China—which is where data end up.
TESTIMONIES FROM THE WORLD
The Saga of Ashram Shambhala. 4. Detention in Argentina
Rudnev believed he would find peace in Argentina, but the long arm of anti-cult slander pursued him there as well.
FEATURED CHINA
U.S. Congressional Report Maps a Broadening Repression in China
The document released by the U.S. Congressional‑Executive Commission on China (quoting several “Bitter Winter” articles) insists on religious persecution.
FEATURED INTERNATIONAL
Pakistan: Mandatory Halal Certification Raises New Concerns About Discrimination
Dietary norms are weaponized to create barriers against non-Muslim business owners and workers.
OP-EDS CHINA
America’s Maduro Operation and China’s Aksu Cave Operation: A Uyghur View
Can China capture Taiwan’s President as the U.S. did with Maduro? Maybe not, judging from Beijing’s “anti-terrorism” operation of 2015 in the Uyghur region.
OP-EDS INTERNATIONAL
In Memoriam: Grand Master Hun Yuan Chanshi: A Religious Visionary and a Friend
The founder of Weixin Shengjiao was a leading international expert of I Ching and Feng Shui, a gifted artist, and an exceptional human being.
INTERVIEWS

The Unexpected Disciple: From Jerusalem to the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
A father of five, once rooted in Jewish Orthodox life, describes the quiet collapse of certainty that led him to AROPL.
DOCUMENT AND TRANSLATIONS

La saga de Ashram Shambhala. 4. Detención en Argentina
por Massimo Introvigne y María Vardé Artículo 4 de 4. Lea el artículo 1, el artículo 2 y el artículo 3. Cobertura sensacionalista del caso en los medios argentinos. En 2021, Rudnev salió del sistema penitenciario ruso como un hombre transformado, aunque no...






