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Bitter Winter

A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

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A boy at a mass killing site of the 1971 genocide near Srimangal, Bangladesh. Credits.

03/25/2023 Harry Van Bommel

Parliaments Should Recognize the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh

In the U.S. and UK progress is being made, while in Europe it is the Netherlands that may take the lead.

Uyghur protests in Pakistan. From Twitter.

03/24/2023 Marco Respinti

Thailand and Pakistan: No Friends of Uyghur Refugees

Recent cases highlight the danger of forced repatriation that Uyghur refugees face in Thailand and Pakistan, casting a disturbing shadow over Muslim states’ connivance with the CCP crimes.

Flowers and calls for a weapons ban left outside the Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah’s Witnesses where the shooting took place. Credits.

03/18/2023 Massimo Introvigne

Blaming the Victims: The Hamburg Shooting and the Jehovah’s Witnesses

As it was easy to predict, anti-cultists shamelessly exploited even the March 9 massacre in Germany to attack the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Letter by 80+ Ukrainian Academics

02/23/2023 Bitter Winter

A Second Letter by 80+ Ukrainian Academics Urges President Macron to Stop French Support to the Anti-Cult Federation FECRIS

The Ukrainian scholars also denounce the presence in the governmental anti-cult agency MIVILUDES of a politician who supported the Russian occupation of Crimea.

Marco Respinti speaking at the International Religious Freedom Summit on February 1, 2023.

02/18/2023 Marco Respinti

Media: Friends or Foes of Religious Freedom?

Silence, misrepresentation, and fake news transform one the most important allies of religious freedom into a pervasive and obnoxious enemy.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew handing the tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) to Metropolitan Epiphanius. Credits.

02/07/2023 Aaron Rhodes

With Orthodoxy Torn Apart in Ukraine, Mediation is Needed to Heal It 

While Ukrainian religious organizations are heroically engaged in humanitarian efforts, a conflict within Orthodoxy threatens the unity upon which the country’s future depends.

Exams in Seoul undertaken by those willing to join Shincheonji.

01/13/2023 Massimo Introvigne

Shincheonji: Why the Korean Supreme Court Dismissed a Lawsuit Based on Deceptive Evangelism

Overcoming a lower court’s decision, the highest court in South Korea ruled that what Shincheonji did was not illegal.

Carl Larsson (1853–1919), “Christmas Eve.” Credits.

12/24/2022 Massimo Introvigne

For Christmas, Remember Religious Liberty

Historically, Christmas gifts were intended to compensate those who during the year had received less than their due. It is surely the case of freedom of religion or belief.

A place of worship (Kingdom Hall) of the Jehovah’s Witnesses vandalized on September 11, 2022, in Badalona, Spain.

12/10/2022 Massimo Introvigne

Spain: A Hate Speech Campaign Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses

An association calls for a Russian-style ban of the JWs in Spain. The Witnesses have sued for defamation, but the association is supported by most local media.

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