Religious Liberty | Bitter Winter

Tibet: New Demolitions at the Larung Gar Monastic Center

The famous monastery faces renewed pressure as its residents endure displacement and silence.

Anticipated by simpler versions in “Bitter Winter,” ten research papers will be published in the September issue of “The Journal of CESNUR”

Masaki Nakamasa reflects on how Japan reached a moment where a religious corporation can be dissolved without a real public debate

A Party School teacher’s commentary in the “Beijing Daily” reveals how the statute formalizes assimilation of minorities as state doctrine.

August days of prayer and testimony—and the fragile dignity of a ninety‑five‑year‑old man.

On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, two young men killed 17 Chinese soldiers in Kashgar. An alternative view of the incident by a Uyghur dissident.

A detailed analysis shows how transnational control strategies silence researchers and fracture diaspora communities with longterm consequences.

Russian propaganda sources and, later, Argentinian prosecutors’ press releases largely dominated the coverage of the Rudnev case.

Signs of the law’s rapid (and transnational) enforcement are deeply concerning.

How the Russian state and opposition media both manufactured the image of Konstantin Rudnev as a “cult monster.”