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228, the Tai Ji Men Case and the Unfinished Work of Justice
The lesson of 228 goes beyond history. It should be applied to all cases of abuse of authority, including Tai Ji Men’s.
Two Dates, One Struggle: February 28 and the Tai Ji Men Case
The 228 Incident and the persecution of Tai Ji Men highlight Taiwan’s difficult path toward fully implementing human rights.
Social Justice and the Tai Ji Men Case: An International Webinar
A distinguished panel of international scholars and witnesses discussed how freedom of religion or belief is an essential part of social justice.
The Tai Ji Men Case: A Review of the Failure of Social Justice
Reflecting on the denial of human rights, freedom of religion or belief, and civic participation, with implications for the rule of law in Taiwan.
Lessons from Taiwan’s 228 Incident on Social Justice and the Tai Ji Men Case
The World Day of Social Justice is connected for Taiwanese with Peace Memorial Day on February 28. Both call for a solution to the Tai Ji Men case.
How Social Injustices Are Generated: Tai Ji Men and Axel Honneth’s Theory of Recognition
Axel Honneth’s theory of recognition helps explain the injustice inflicted for three decades on Tai Ji Men.
No Social Justice Without Freedom of Belief: State Recognition, Registration, and the Tai Ji Men Case
Registration systems are a way of limiting religious liberty. Unjust taxes are another.
Of Gorillas, Corruption, and Tai Ji Men
Social justice cannot be separated from ecology and from freedom of religion or belief. It was the lesson of Dian Fossey. It is the lesson of Tai Ji Men.
Tai Ji Men Returns to Geneva: A Familiar Shadow Is Back at the UN Human Rights Council
The twelfth United Nations submission on the Tai Ji Men case confirms Taiwan’s problems with the Two Human Rights Covenants.
Calling for a Solution of the Tai Ji Men Case
We join Tai Ji Men in respectfully asking the government of Taiwan, whose commitment to democracy in a region plagued by non-democratic regimes we appreciate and applaud, to return through a political act the confiscated sacred land to Tai Ji Men and publicly confirm that, as Taiwan’s Supreme Court stated, they never violated the law nor evaded taxes.
It would be a small step for Taiwan’s government, but a crucial one to tell the world Taiwan is truly committed to freedom of religion or belief and to the protection of religious and spiritual minorities that were once persecuted by its authoritarian and post-authoritarian regimes.
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“The Tai Ji Men Case” web site is a project by Action Alliance to Redress 1219 whose aim is to collect and put at the readers’ easy disposal articles, documents, and videos—from academic studies to magazine articles—about the case of Tai Ji Men, a mempai (similar to a school) of qigong, martial arts, and self-cultivation headquartered in Taiwan, which has been victim of discrimination and persecution in its home country since 1996, and whose street protests have generated widespread international protests. Here you can find an exhaustive chronology of the case.
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