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Management of Religious Diversity Through Conventions and the Tai Ji Men Case
Taiwan incorporated the Two UN Covenants into its domestic law, but the Tai Ji Men case proves it does not always respect them.
Tai Ji Men Case: A New Statement at the UN Human Rights Council
For the ninth time, Geneva’s HRC heard that the Tai Ji Men case is a major freedom of religion or belief issue that needs to be urgently solved.
Solving the Tai Ji Men Case: An Issue of Social Justice
Social justice cannot be separated from granting human rights to everybody. An international webinar discussed how they were denied to Tai Ji Men.
Justice for Tai Ji Men Is Justice for All
Injustice to one is injustice to all. And fighting for justice in one case benefits all cases. This is the lesson we have learned from Tai Ji Men.
Tai Ji Men and the Imperative for a Contemporary Emphasis on Social Justice
The World Day of Social Justice reminds us of persistent disparities in access to education, healthcare, economic opportunities, and justice. Tai Ji Men has a solution.
Whatsoever Ye Would That Men Should Do to You, Do Ye Even So to Tai Ji Men
If observed and implemented, the “Golden Rule” is a sufficient guarantee for true justice. Tai Ji Men tries to observe it. We ask its persecutors to do the same.
From John Rawls to Tai Ji Men: An Autobiographical Confession
Why did I decide to devote a good part to my life to study religious minorities and religious liberty issues? A secular American philosopher had a role on this choice.
The 228 Incident and the Tai Ji Men Case: A View from Argentina
Argentina and Taiwan share a tragic past. Both have not totally dealt with its legacy.
Superman, Tai Ji Men, and the Long Shadow of the 228 Incident
Decades ago, Kuomintang lost a great occasion to promote real democracy and true justice, casting its dark shadow on the future. The Tai Ji men case shows it all too well.
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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