Parliament as Theatre and the Tai Ji Men Case
The ineffectiveness of the Legislative Yuan in keeping rogue bureaucrats in check is part of a global crisis of parliamentarianism.
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
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.
The ineffectiveness of the Legislative Yuan in keeping rogue bureaucrats in check is part of a global crisis of parliamentarianism.
Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan tried to restore justice, but failed—why? Experts offered their answers on International Day of Parliamentarianism.
UN Human Rights Council: CAP-LC’s text documents a growing international problems, citing cases in France and the Tai Ji Men case in Taiwan.
A woman peacefully protesting within the framework of the Tai Ji Men tax protests was arrested and mistreated.
A paper presented at an international conference held in Warsaw in January has now been published.
How a beautiful property intended for a spiritual academy was half-destroyed by the maneuvers and carelessness of rogue tax bureaucrats.
Corruption of tax bureaucrats can destroy even the mightiest empires. This is why the Tai Ji Men protest should be supported.
Bitter Winter, our magazine, has published several articles about this Taiwanese problem regarding a tax case. There is a reason for this.
An international webinar on May 24 examined different features of the administrative persecution of the Taiwanese movement.
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