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A Human Rights Crisis in Taiwan: The Tai Ji Men Case
An international webinar compared what happened to Tai Ji Men with other cases of gross human rights violations.
The Tokyo High Court Unification Church Decision. 4. The 2009 “Compliance Declaration”
After 2009, the number of incidents involving alleged improper solicitation of donations dropped to nearly zero. But the court maintains the problem still exists.
A Wall of Shame: Why a Memorial for and by Tai Ji Men Is Needed
A reflection on the right to truth for the victims of egregious human rights violations and the ongoing human rights violations in the Tai Ji Men case.
Truth, Memory, and Human Rights in Times of Crisis
Human rights violations do not end when a conflict formally concludes; they are often carried across generations through inherited stories, fears, and silences.
Tai Ji Men in Taiwan: An Unresolved Human Rights Concern
One case, almost three decades, and still a simple, uncomfortable question: what does the Tai Ji Men story tell us about human rights in today’s Taiwan?
Gross Human Rights Violations: From Rwanda to Taiwan
A reflection on the lessons of the 1994 genocide and the ongoing human rights violations in the Tai Ji Men case.
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.
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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