During the pension reform protests, radical demonstrators in Rennes tried to set on fire the Convent of the Jacobins together with a police station.
Testimonies Global
Bitter Winter Goes to Taiwan: Witnessing for Freedom of Religion or Belief
A week of initiatives allowed human rights scholars from different countries and continents to discuss religious liberty throughout the world and in Taiwan.
“Do Not Dissolve the Unification Church!” 4. The Japanese Courts’ “Unwritten Rule: If a Cult Is Involved, It Will Lose the Case”
These words by an anti-cult attorney unfortunately were not a joke. The final part of an award-winning journalist’s written statement to the Japanese Ministry of Consumer Affairs.
“Do Not Dissolve the Unification Church!” 3. The Truth About Apostate Ex-Member Sayuri Ogawa
The third part of a statement by an award-winning journalist reveals the true face of the most vocal Japanese disgruntled ex-member of the church.
“Do Not Dissolve the Unification Church!” 2. The Truth About the National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales
The second part of the statement of an award-winning journalist requesting the competent Japanese Ministry not to dissolve the Unification Church.
“Do Not Dissolve the Unification Church!” 1. An Award-Winning Journalist Speaks Out
The first part of a written statement sent to Keiko Nagaoka, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology.
Russia, Hare Krishnas Accused of Planning Attacks Against Military Conscription Bureaus
A “ISKCON leader” was arrested in Novouralsk. The evidence of his connection with “Ukrainian Nazis”: a swastika (which is however a common Hindu symbol).
Ahmadis Defend Human Rights—Not for Themselves Only
Bitter Winter attended the 2023 National Peace Symposium hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at and the inauguration of a landmark new building at the Baitul Futuh mosque in London.
Pakistan: The Keynote Speaker at a Seminar on Kidnapping Is—A Kidnapper
The Islamabad Bar Association organized a seminar on kidnapping and forced conversion of non-Muslim girls to Islam. They invited kidnapper Mian Mithoo to lecture.
Pakistan: Why Lynching of “Blasphemers” Continue
Another man has been lynched in the Nankana Sahib District in Punjab. Do the anti-blasphemy laws inspire the criminals, or do the mobs influence the MPs who pass and support such laws?