Cases of bloody persecution from Iran, Russia, and China show how brave women persecuted for their beliefs can be. Female Tai Ji Men dizi are equally brave.
Willy Fautré
The UN, Multiculturalism, and Tai Ji Men
Tai Ji Men dizi are the best embodiment of the true spirit of multiculturalism. Their role should be acknowledged.
Religious Minorities in the Eye of Media Cyclones: From BAYS to MISA
The Latin American Parliament in Panama hosted one of the most important gatherings on religious liberty in recent times. Fautré told the attending politicians, diplomats, and scholars how media cooperate with biased prosecutors in spreading fake news about groups stigmatized as “cults.”
No Peace Without Real Justice: The Pillar of Sustainable Social Harmony
In theory, everybody is in favor of peace. However, peace is impossible if injustices such as the one vested on Tai Ji Men in Taiwan are not rectified.
Norway. Unlike the Innocent Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Russian Orthodox Church Is Not Deregistered: Why?
Concern also mounts about the Russian Orthodox Church’s increasing purchase of properties near military sites in Norway, which poses security issues.
Tai Ji Men and the 2024 International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
Violence against believers continues to shed blood. But there is also a less visible administrative violence, of which Tai Ji Men have become victims once again.
Taiwan: The 2007 Tai Ji Men Supreme Court Decision—A Victory or a Frozen Conflict?
It was a real victory but a bitter and incomplete one, as the National Taxation Bureau continued its persecution of Tai Ji Men.
Parliaments, Democracy, and the Tai Ji Men Case
The very reasons that motivated the United Nations to establish an International Day of Parliamentarism call for a solution of the Tai Ji Men case.
Media: Friends or Foes of Religious Freedom—and the Tai Ji Men Case
The use by prosecutors and media of labels such as “cult,” “religious fraud,” and “brainwashing” created serious problems for several spiritual groups, including Tai Ji Men.
No Peace Without Justice: Global Injustices and the Tai Ji Men Case
Only an international “coalition of friends” can bring justice to the suffering Tai Ji Men dizi.
Willy Fautré
Willy Fautré, former chargé de mission at the Cabinet of the Belgian Ministry of Education and at the Belgian Parliament. He is the director of Human Rights Without Frontiers, an NGO based in Brussels that he founded in 1988. His organization defends human rights in general but also the rights of persons belonging to historical religions, non-traditional and new religious movements. It is apolitical and independent from any religion.
He has carried out fact-finding missions on human rights and religious freedom in more than 25 countries He is a lecturer in universities in the field of religious freedom and human rights. He has published many articles in university journals about relations between state and religions. He organizes conferences at the European Parliament, including on freedom of religion or belief in China. For years, he has developed religious freedom advocacy in European institutions, at the OSCE and at the UN.