Democracy, Transitional Justice, and the Tai Ji Men Case
When a country moves from a non-democratic to a democratic regime, past wrongdoings should be acknowledged and rectified. It is not easy.
The Tai Ji Men Case
The Tai Ji Men tax case in Taiwan is exemplary of how even democratic states can undermine freedom of religion or belief by using ordinary bureaucracy and taxation in an unfair and intimidating way.
Scholars Discuss Transitional Justice, Tai Ji Men Case
On International Day of Democracy, lecturers from different countries explained why the case is a test for Taiwan’s democratic transition.
Attacks Against Religious Minorities’ Real Estate Denounced at the UN Human Rights Council
A written submission for the United Nations Human Rights Council exposed a growing international problem, quoting the Tai Ji Men case in Taiwan.
Targeting Tai Ji Men: Why It Is “Violence Based on Belief”
The administrative persecution of Tai Ji Men in Taiwan fits the definition of the United Nations Resolution 73/296. Here is why.
Four Webinars on Tai Ji Men and Administrative Violence – Part II
In the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, more scholars and witnesses reflected on the case.
Four Webinars on Tai Ji Men and Administrative Violence – Part I
In the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, scholars and witnesses reflected on the case.
Tai Ji Men and the Tai Ji Men Case: A Background
A short presentation of what is Tai Ji Men, what is the Tai Ji Men case, what is the meaning of the Tai Ji Men protests.
Tai Ji Men Case Discussed at the Association for the Sociology of Religion Annual Conference
The Tai Ji Men movement, the tax case in Taiwan, and the believers’ protests were introduced to a distinguished scholarly audience.
Images of Friendship in the Tai Ji Men Case
Dr. Hong was a testimony of friendship throughout the world. He was rewarded with injustice, but his friends never abandoned him.
