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A seminar in Pasadena on the International Day of Human Fraternity discussed the roots of fraternity, its connection with justice and conscience, and the Tai Ji Men case.

A breakout session of the world’s largest freedom of religion or belief event discussed the Tai Ji Men case and the “Declaration of the International Day Against Judicial and Tax Persecution by State Power.”

Collective imaginaries sustain our societies but are impoverished by injustice. The Bell of World Peace and Love reminds us that conscience should prevail and violations of justice should be rectified.

French sociologist Émile Durkheim founded Sociology of Education but was uncertain about how to solve the modern educational crisis. The key is conscience, but those who advocate for conscience education are often persecuted.

Scholars and human rights activists praised Tai Ji Men’s role in spreading conscience education, and denounced the movement’s continuing tax harassment.

It is not enough to be independent from foreign jurisdictions. The legal system should also be independent from private interests and malice.

There is no freedom without justice and no justice without freedom. This is also true for the Tai Ji Men case: and love is needed, too.

The 7th-century Japanese ruler taught that law and its enforcement cannot be independent from conscience.

January 11 was Taiwan’s Judicial Day. Participants in an international webinar expressed the hope it would be an opportunity to reflect on what went wrong in the Tai Ji Men case.