BITTER WINTER

Op-eds China

A U.S. Bill to Sanction China for Misdeeds in Xinjiang

A U.S. Bill to Sanction China for Misdeeds in Xinjiang

Bipartisan legislation has been put forward in both Senate and the House to ban the export of U.S. technology Beijing could use in surveillance of detained Muslims while holding Xinjiang CCP Secretary responsible for the dramatic situation of human rights in the “autonomous” region.

Rights’ Activists Tried and Sentenced as Criminals

Rights’ Activists Tried and Sentenced as Criminals

An activist fighting for the rights of villagers in Fujian was recently sentenced to 11 years in prison. Bitter Winter looks back at the events that have led to the arrest of Li Xinlin and six others whose trial has been disguised by the Chinese authorities as the “fight against organized crime.”

“But Is It Really A Religion?”

“But Is It Really A Religion?”

How China and other totalitarian regimes persecute religious minorities by claiming they are not “real” religions. The paper by Massimo Introvigne in the side event “Myth/Reality? Freedom of Belief, No Discrimination and Tolerance in the OSCE Area,” at the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Warsaw, September 13, 2018.