A Webinar revisited the notion of “social justice,” and how it was violated in the Tai Ji Men tax case in Taiwan.
Tai Ji Men
Music, Education, and Freedom of Religion or Belief
A music teacher with extensive academic experience reflects on what music has to do with global education and human rights.
How Taxes May Be Misused to Persecute Spiritual Minorities
Interestingly enough, tax-based crackdown on spiritual movements started in France and Taiwan in the same year, 1996.
Tax Justice and Persecution of Minority Religions
The Russian experience may serve as a cautionary tale for what is now happening in Taiwan.
An International Day of Education Webinar: FORB and Tax Justice
On January 24, scholars from different continents discussed how to educate to freedom of religion or belief, conscience, legality, and fiscal fairness.
The 2016 Ambush Telephone Survey: A Telling Chapter in Tai Ji Men’s Legal Saga
The Taiwan National Tax Bureau tried to invalidate the results of its own previous open survey through suggestive phone interviews and fax response forms.
Taxes, Legal Reform, and Freedom of Belief: An International Forum
Scholars, former officials, and human rights activists from several countries attended the event organized on the eve of Taiwan’s 78th Judicial Day.
Solidarity, Subsidiarity, and the Taxation of Spiritual Movements
Some reflection on the Republic of China’s Judicial Day, from the point of view of a Western scholar.
The Tai Ji Men Tax Case: An Economist’s View
What happened in Taiwan is important for economists too. It shows exactly how a tax system, confronted with spiritual movements, should not operate.
Remembering December 1996 and the Repression of Tai Ji Men in Taiwan
A peaceful protest march and a Webinar focus on an old injustice that has not ended.