Misusing Anti-Trafficking Laws Against Spiritual Minorities: The Case of PROTEX in Argentina
A statement by “Bitter Winter” editor at a closed-door session on freedom of religion or belief of the 2023 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago.
Testimonies Global
Human Rights Abuses Against Buenos Aires Yoga School Denounced at the United Nations
At the 53th session of the UN Human Rights Council the UN ECOSOC-accredited NGO CAP-LC filed a written statement on the abusive activities of the anti-trafficking agency PROTEX targeting BAYS and other spiritual minorities.
Honoring the Salmon: Removing California’s Klamath River Dams
The salmon is a sacred animal for the Native Nations of American Pacific Northwest. Deconstructing dams acknowledges it.
Anti-Cult Repression in Argentina 2. Salum, PROTEX, and the Buenos Aires Yoga School
It is time for the U.S. Department of State, USCIRF, and other international institutions to condemn human rights and freedom of religion abuses by PROTEX.
Anti-Cult Repression in Argentina 1. PROTEX and Pablo Salum
A special agency against human trafficking cooperates with a bizarre anti-cult activist who regards even the Catholic Carmelite nuns as a “cult.”
Belarus in the Footsteps of Russia: Pentecostal Church Demolished, Members Harassed
New Life Pentecostal Church was razed to the ground in June. Members are told they are not allowed to gather outdoors and not even online.
Sunita Marshall: Pakistani Media Pressuring Catholic Actress to Convert to Islam
Sunita Marshall has been happily married to Muslim actor Hassan Ahmed for 14 years. He is now under pressure too.
Inventing a Mass Suicide: After 25 Years, Spanish Anti-Cultists Continue to Spread the Same Hoax
In 1998, the accusation hit a movement led by German psychologist Heide Fittkau-Garthe. The authorities did not find any evidence it was true.
2023 Jalsa Salana Celebrated Sorrows and Hopes of the Ahmadis
“Bitter Winter” visited the annual gathering of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in the muddy countryside of Surrey, discovering rich pearls of faith and humanity.