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TAIWAN: Taxation abuse against Tai Ji Men, a breach of freedom of association
Taxation abuse against Tai Ji Men is an infringement of freedom of association
TAIWAN: Tai Ji Men victim of administrative violence based on religion
Victims of administrative violence based on religion: the Tai Ji Men case
TAIWAN: Comparative study on the persecution of religious minorities through taxation France-Taiwan (II)
Comparative study on the persecution of religious minorities through taxation in France and in Taiwan
A Permanent Christmas Truce for Tai Ji Men
As French journalist and historian Jacques Crétineau-Joly said, “Truth is the only charity allowed to history.” Tai Ji Men Shifu and dizi deserve it too.
Political Charity and the Tai Ji Men Case
Good politics is a form of charity. Tax persecution is its contrary, a manifestation of political malevolence.
Political Charity and Fiscal Malevolence: The Story of Populonia and the Tai Ji Men Case
The story of an Italian city that disappeared confirms that “the power to tax is the power to destroy.”
TAIWAN: Comparative study on the persecution of religious minorities through taxation France-Taiwan (I)
Comparative study on the persecution of religious minorities through taxation in France and in Taiwan
The Elephant in the Room: Taiwan and Corruption, An Incomplete Review
Experts examined Taiwan’s compliance with the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. While their report was interesting, it omitted tax corruption and its impact on human rights.
The UN International Day of Charity
The International Day of Charity is observed annually on the 5th of September. It was declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012. This date was chosen in order to commemorate the death anniversary of Mother Teresa, who had always been engaged all her life in charitable work.
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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