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Being the Wife of a Leader and a Leader Herself: The Examples of Eleanor Roosevelt and Madam Yu Mei-Jung
In the 20th century, women who married great leaders went beyond their traditional supportive role and emerged as leaders by themselves.
The Tai Ji Men Case and the Right to Know
The Tai Ji Men case is one of freedom of religion or belief. We have specific and urgent requests for Taiwan’s government.
Tai Ji Men’s Right to Truth vs. Dehumanization
Human nature entitles every person to the right to factual truth, granted by free research, and to the right to ultimate truth, granted by religious liberty.
Two Covenants or One? The Unity of Human Rights and the Tai Ji Men Case
Should the United Nations Two Covenants be merged into one? Taiwan may offer a unique contribution to this debate by solving the Tai Ji Men case.
The First of April, A Day for a New Look at Participatory Democracy
At the United Nations, the European Union, and elsewhere, “citizens’ initiatives” to introduce resolutions and laws are now allowed. What about Taiwan?
Truth, Persecution, and Tai Ji Men: An International Webinar
The United Nations have established a day for the right to know the truth about human rights violations. The Tai Ji Men case needs truth, too.
What Is Truth? An Eternal Question and the Tai Ji Men Case
From Pontius Pilate to modern times, those who want to get away with injustice claim that truth does not exist.
Janusz Korczak: The Old Doctor and Tai Ji Men
The story of the heroic “old doctor,” much like the teachings of Tai Ji Men, tells us that knowing ourselves and acting in accordance with our conscience are the foundations of every action for the good of others.
From “Small People” to “World Citizens”: Solving the Tai Ji Men Case
The Association of World Citizens is about empowering citizens and fighting for justice. It has a message for the Tai Ji Men case, too.
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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