The Tai Ji Men Case and “Administrative Slavery”

12/10/2021 ALESSANDRO AMICARELLI On the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, expert agreed that even today administrative oppression and unjust takes may reduce citizens to slaves. by Alessandro Amicarelli On December 2, 2021, the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, CESNUR and Human Rights Without Frontiers organized one of their by-monthly webinars on … Read more

The Xie Jiao Tradition, Taiwanese Governments, and Minority Religions

12/09/2021 MASSIMO INTROVIGNE The label xie jiao has been used in Imperial China, Communist China, and Taiwan to discriminate against spiritual groups perceived as anti-government. by Massimo Introvigne* *A paper presented at the mid-term conference of the Research Committee on Sociology of Religion (RC-22) of the International Sociological Association, Vilnius, Lithuania, November 11–14, 2021. On September 30, … Read more

Tai Ji Men and the Fiscal Justice against a spiritual movement in Taiwan

Source : The European Times ByAlessandro Amicarelli 9 December 2020 As European Federation for Freedom of Belief (FOB) and myself as a human rights lawyer have witnessed and have been dealing with cases of discrimination against religious and spiritual minorities and their members too. More than once fiscal and tax issues have been used by … Read more

U.S. National Religious Freedom Day and the Tai Ji Men Case

Protect Human Rights and Religious Freedom with Conscience In the United States, January 16 marks National Religious Freedom Day, observing the passing of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom on that date in 1786. The Statute laid the foundation for religious liberty for all Americans. To honor this occasion, the Action Alliance to Redress 1219, … Read more

Scholars, Activists Discuss the Women of Tai Ji Men

12/01/2021ALESSANDRO AMICARELLI A+ | A- The United Nations Day to eliminate violence against women was an opportunity to celebrate the brave female dizi who endured humiliations and suffering. by Alex Amicarelli On November 23, 2021, CESNUR, the Center for Studies on New Religions, and Human Rights Without Frontiers organized yet another of the bi-monthly webinars on the Tai Ji … Read more