https://act1219.org/en Reveal the Truth · Stop the Persecution Sat, 11 Dec 2021 06:36:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://act1219.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-IMG_1561-32x32.jpg https://act1219.org/en 32 32 https://act1219.org/en/transitional-justice-and-religious-liberty-in-taiwan/ Sat, 11 Dec 2021 06:35:43 +0000 https://act1219.org/en/?p=4378 11/29/2021TSAI CHENG-AN A+ | A- The road to rectifying past injustices in the ROC has proved bumpy. The Tai Ji Men case will be a significant test. by Tsai Cheng-An* *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.  The Universal Declaration ... Read more

The post Transitional Justice and Religious Liberty in Taiwan first appeared on Action Alliance to Redress 1219.]]> https://act1219.org/en/women-spirituality-and-the-tai-ji-men-case/ Sat, 11 Dec 2021 06:32:48 +0000 https://act1219.org/en/?p=4375 12/02/2021MASSIMO INTROVIGNE A+ | A- The phenomenon of the gender gap in religion, i.e. that more women than men are “spiritual,” is unfortunately known also to persecutors. by Massimo Introvigne* *A paper presented at the webinar “Women, Spirituality, and the Tai Ji Men Protests,” co-organized by CESNUR and Human Rights Without Frontiers on November 23, 2021, in ... Read more

The post Women, Spirituality, and the Tai Ji Men Case first appeared on Action Alliance to Redress 1219.]]> https://act1219.org/en/tai-ji-men-and-the-tai-ji-men-case-politics-vs-spiritual-minorities/ Sat, 11 Dec 2021 06:25:49 +0000 https://act1219.org/en/?p=4371 11/27/2021CHEN YI-JING A+ | A- A background of Tai Ji Men’s origins, action, and mission, and a discussion of the Tai Ji Men case as a FORB problem. by Yi-Jing Chen* *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. Tai Ji ... Read more

The post Tai Ji Men and the Tai Ji Men Case: Politics vs. Spiritual Minorities first appeared on Action Alliance to Redress 1219.]]> https://act1219.org/en/justice-denied-the-tai-ji-men-case-in-taiwan-book-in-free-download/ Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:41:32 +0000 https://act1219.org/eng/?p=1961 A dramatic story of persecution, arrest, detention, and ultimate legal victory—and further administrative persecution by misusing the tax system. The new White Paper by CESNUR and Human Rights Without Frontiers tells the story of the Tai Ji Men case in Taiwan as it is. Watch also the movie “A Question of Justice: The Tai Ji ... Read more

The post Justice Denied: The Tai Ji Men Case in Taiwan – Book in Free Download first appeared on Action Alliance to Redress 1219.]]> https://act1219.org/en/tai-ji-men-spiritual-school-24-years-of-persecution-1996-2020-part-ii-the-arbitrary-arrest-and-detention-of-tai-ji-men-master-hong-tao-tze/ Wed, 04 Nov 2020 07:41:17 +0000 https://act1219.org/eng/?p=1557 source: HRWF By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (30.09.2020) – In late August 2020, Taiwan’s National Taxation Bureau (NTB) arbitrarily seized and auctioned properties that belonged to Dr Hong, the founder and spiritual leader of the Tai Ji Men movement and Academy in Taipei. Tai Ji Men is an organization of qigong, ... Read more

The post Tai Ji Men spiritual school: 24 years of persecution (1996-2020) – Part II: The arbitrary arrest and detention of Tai Ji Men Master Hong Tao-tze first appeared on Action Alliance to Redress 1219.]]> https://act1219.org/en/taiwan-tai-ji-men-spiritual-school-24-years-of-persecution-1996-2020-part-i-the-1996-crackdown/ Wed, 04 Nov 2020 07:34:39 +0000 https://act1219.org/eng/?p=1554 source: HRWF By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (30.09.2020) – In late August 2020, Taiwan’s National Taxation Bureau (NTB) arbitrarily seized and auctioned properties that belonged to Dr Hong, the founder and spiritual leader of the Tai Ji Men movement and Academy in Taipei. Tai Ji Men is an organization of qigong, ... Read more

The post TAIWAN: Tai Ji Men spiritual school: 24 years of persecution (1996-2020) – Part I: The 1996 crackdown first appeared on Action Alliance to Redress 1219.]]> https://act1219.org/en/abrogating-the-rule-of-law-the-tai-ji-men-tax-case-in-taiwan/ Sat, 05 Sep 2020 04:57:14 +0000 https://act1219.org/eng/?p=1228 By Kenneth A. Jacobsen, Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, USA ABSTRACT: Tai Ji Men, a spiritual school in Taiwan that teaches Qigong based on ancient Taoist traditions, was one of the movements targeted in a local crackdown against “cults” in 1996. Although the school and its founder, Dr. Hong Tao-tze, were eventually declared innocent ... Read more

The post Academic Papers | Abrogating the Rule of Law: The Tai Ji Men Tax Case in Taiwan first appeared on Action Alliance to Redress 1219.]]> https://act1219.org/en/tai-ji-men-report/ Sat, 05 Sep 2020 04:45:04 +0000 https://act1219.org/eng/?p=1217 By Dr. Massimo Introvigne, Founder and the managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), Italy The Tai Ji Men Qigong Academy is a spiritual menpai (a notion similar to a “school”) founded in Taiwan by Dr. Hong Tao-Tze in 1966, which teaches Qi Gong, based on the ancient philosophy of Daoism, ... Read more

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