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July 13, 2023: The Anniversary of Tai Ji Men’s Acquittal in 2007
The perseverance of Tai Ji Men in fighting for justice gives hope to all those who suffer throughout the world because their freedom of religion or belief is denied.
Scholars Celebrate Anniversary of Tai Ji Men Legal Victory
On July 13, 2007, the Supreme Court of Taiwan found Tai Ji Men innocent of all charges. Yet, this landmark decision has not been fully implemented to this day.
Can Tax Authorities “Create” Law? Reflecting on the Tai Ji Men Case
Through “interpretation letters” and other tools, tax offices often try to rewrite the laws rather than just applying them—violating the principle of separation of powers.
Academic Conference Discusses Taiwan’s “Fourth Industrial Revolution” and the Tai Ji Men Case
At the East Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion yearly meeting, a panel examined the problems caused by a “science without conscience” and an unjust tax system.
How to Be a Good World Citizen and Fight for Justice: A Reflection on the Tai Ji Men Case
Fundamental principles of law were violated by Taiwan’s bureaucrats. Rectifying the injustice should always be possible.
Tai Ji Men Is Innocent: Why Is It Treated as if It Were Guilty?
The question still resounds with no answer sixteen years after the Supreme Court of the Republic of China ruled that all accusations against Tai Ji Men were inconsistent.
Parliamentarisms vs the “Tyranny of the Majority” and the Tai Ji Men Case
Parliamentarism is the worst form of government except for all the others. But it may degrade into tyranny of the majority as the Tai Ji Men case shows all too well.
Transition to Democracy and Religion: The Bitter-Sweet Experiences of South Africa and Taiwan
Both countries experienced a difficult transition to democracy. In both countries, guaranteeing a real freedom of religion or belief proved to be problematic.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution in Taiwan: Science Without Conscience?
As a patent attorney, the author understands the need for private and public integrity and for putting together science and conscience. It did not happen in the Tai Ji Men case.
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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