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The Order of the Soul and the Order of Society According to Tai Ji Men
Tai Ji Men displays and practices true solidarity, based on a deep sympathy for the human being.
Peaceful Protests That Change History: Solidarność and Tai Ji Men
Tai Ji Men dizi may find inspiration in a Polish movement named “Solidarity,” whose non-violent actions led to the end of Communism in Eastern Europe.
Tai Ji Men’s Strenuous Efforts for Human Rights
On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, scholars and activists celebrated Tai Ji Men’s contribution to promoting human rights and discussed the Tai Ji Men case.
Tai Ji Men and the Return of Human Nature
We often defend “human rights” without knowing how to define them. It happens because our world lost the understanding of what “human” means. It is a matter of nature.
The Impact of the United Nations Charter of Human Rights on the Global Stage
The United Nations document inspired several successful movements. However, its implementation still meets with shortcomings and challenges. And Taiwan is a special case.
The Human Rights Gap in Disaster Relief and the Tai Ji Men Case
The 2006 UN Guidelines on human rights and natural disasters emphasized the priority of freedom of religion or belief even in extreme situations.
The “Human” in Human Rights and Dr. Hong’s Lesson
It is difficult to defend “human rights” when “human” becomes a contested word. Tai Ji Men’s Shifu has a solution for this problem.
Honoring and Supporting the Women of Tai Ji Men
On November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, scholars and human rights activists discussed violence against women of spiritual minorities and the Tai Ji Men case.
The Persecution of Tai Ji Men Makes Its Women Suffer Twice
The main corrupt bureaucrats that have been persecuting Tai Ji Men for more than a quarter of a century in Taiwan are male. Perhaps it is not a coincidence.
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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