“Citizen diplomacy” is a two-edged sword. While ideologues can easily turn it into propaganda, Tai Ji Men offers a virtuous example of how it can effectively work.
Marco Respinti
Self-Immolations Continue: Who Kills These Tibetans?
While we discuss whether these radical forms of protest are morally acceptable and effective, we should not forget that the CCP is responsible for this tragedy.
Tai Ji Men: A Voyage to the Center of Conscience
The role of Dr. Hong and Tai Ji Men in promoting the International Day of Conscience—and the lack of conscience of their persecutors.
David Kilgour: Remembering a Seeker of Truth
The Canadian former politician relentlessly denounced the horror of organ harvesting in China. He was also a great friend of Bitter Winter.
“Seeking the Truth About the Tai Ji Men Case”: What It Really Means
While we seek truth for Tai Ji Men, we exercise our own religious liberty. No one on earth is excluded from the Tai Ji Men case.
“Justice Being Taken Away, Then, What Are Kingdoms But Great Robberies?”
Augustine’s words in his famous “The City of God” brilliantly epitomize the abyss of a state where social justice fails. Is this what Tai Ji Men is suffering since a quarter of a century?
The Day Humpty Dumpty Was Defeated by Tai Ji Men
Fraternity is one of the most abused words of our times. We can learn its true meaning from Tai Ji Men.
Pakistan: Another Christian Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy
Zafar Bhatti’s life term was converted into a death sentence in Rawalpindi. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court granted bail to another Christian accused of blasphemy.
Pakistan: Religion-Based Terrorism, Extremism on the Rise in 2021
The Pakistan Security Report 2021, a yearly report of the authoritative Pak Institute for Peace Studies, recommended urgent action by the Parliament.
Mumbai 2008 Remembered: God and the Misdeeds of Some of His Self-Styled Devotees
“Martyrdom” is a strictly religious concept, but it can also be used figuratively. The victims of the Mumbai 2008 terrorist attacks were, in their own way, “martyrs.”
Marco Respinti
Marco Respinti is an Italian professional journalist, member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), author, translator, and lecturer. He has contributed and contributes to several journals and magazines both in print and online, both in Italy and abroad. Author of books and chapter in books, he has translated and/or edited works by, among others, Edmund Burke, Charles Dickens, T.S. Eliot, Russell Kirk, J.R.R. Tolkien, Régine Pernoud and Gustave Thibon. A Senior fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal (a non-partisan, non-profit U.S. educational organization based in Mecosta, Michigan), he is also a founding member as well as a member of the Advisory Council of the Center for European Renewal (a non-profit, non-partisan pan-European educational organization based in The Hague, The Netherlands). A member of the Advisory Council of the European Federation for Freedom of Belief, in December 2022, the Universal Peace Federation bestowed on him, among others, the title of Ambassador of Peace. From February 2018 to December 2022, he has been the Editor-in-Chief of International Family News. He serves as Director-in-Charge of the academic publication The Journal of CESNUR and Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights.