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Declaration of the International Day Against Judicial and Tax Persecution by State Power
Dr. Hong Tao-Tze Preamble Sovereign power rests with the people, and a government is entrusted by its people to serve them and promote the common welfare....
A Sad Anniversary Becomes an Opportunity to Call for Justice on the Tai Ji Men Case
The reasons why the Tai Ji Men case was started on December 19, 1996, and continued for 26 years, are hard to understand rationally. But we all understand a solution is needed now.
Tai Ji Men as a School of Solidarity
Caring for the others is not just sharing material interests but recognizing the value of all human beings. This is what Tai Ji Men teaches.
Solidarity in Islam and the Tai Ji Men Case
Muslims believe that solidarity is a natural feeling, but it should be cultivated. Similar ideas exist in most religions, and inspire us in our solidarity with Tai Ji Men.
Solidarity with Tai Ji Men and All Victims of Judicial and Tax Persecution
A seminar in Pasadena discussed the global significance of the Tai Ji Men case and the proposal of an International Day Against Judicial and Tax Persecution by State Power.
Durkheim, Solidarity, and the Tai Ji Men Case
One of the fathers of sociology presented solidarity as the necessary cement of societies. Tai Ji Men tells us it should be based on conscience.
Human Rights’ Roots in Conscience: A Basic Tai Ji Men Teaching
Conscience expresses the peculiar, irreducible, and intangible human nature, which makes all persons both similar and diverse. Human rights derive from it.
Tai Ji Men: A Human Rights Case
On United Nations Human Rights Day, international scholars and human rights activists called for a solution of the Tai Ji Men case.
Fighting for Human Rights with Tai Ji Men
Tai Ji Men dizi both relentlessly promote human rights and are victims of their violation in Taiwan.
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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