LATEST ARTICLES
In Search of the Eternal Youth: Dr. Hong and Two Movies
Humans have long searched for the Fountain of Youth. Dr. Hong teaches us that it is inside us: it is our conscience.
Transitional Justice and the Tai Ji Men Case Discussed in Taiwan
A conference preceded the celebration of the 80th birthday of Tai Ji Men Shifu (Grand Master) Dr. Hong Tao-Tze and offered new insights.
How Tai Ji Men Works for the End of All Religious Persecutions
Religious discrimination will end the day when human beings return to their human essence. Tai Ji Men works toward this goal.
Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, and Dr. Hong Tao-Tze: Three Men with Stunning Similarities
Their service to humanity was about promoting an end to discrimination and intolerance and fostering forgiveness, harmony, and peace.
Mama Evelyn, Mandela’s First Wife, and the Tai Ji Men Case
Evelyn Mase was a Jehovah’s Witness. She defended her right not to be involved in politics for religious reasons throughout her whole life.
Remembering Mandela, Advocating for Tai Ji Men
Scholars and human rights activists celebrated Mandela Day and called for justice for Tai Ji Men.
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.
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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