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The Spectacularization of Justice and the Tai Ji Men Case
When criminal cases become a show and prosecutors manipulate the media, the human rights of the defendants are irreparably affected.
15th Anniversary of Tai Ji Men’s Legal Victory Celebrated
On July 13, 2007, the Supreme Court of Taiwan found Dr. Hong and his co-defendants innocent of all charges. But the Tai Ji Men case continued.
A Short Explanation of the Tai Ji Men Case
Read by Rebecca Wang, a Tai Ji Men dizi (disciple), on July 18, 2022, during the webinar “Tai Ji Men: The Road to Freedom,” and forwarded to international leaders in the religious liberty field.
Who Stole Their Youth? The Tai Ji Men Case in Taiwan. A New Movie.
Who Stole Their Youth? The Tai Ji Men case in Taiwan. A story of suffering, resilience, and protest written and directed by Massimo Introvigne.
Effective Parliamentarism and the Tai Ji Men Case
The Tai Ji Men case is a distressing example of Taiwan’s failure to live up to its democratic promises.
Parliamentarism and Human Rights: The French Example and the Tai Ji Men Case
French history proves that countries with democratically elected Parliaments can nonetheless abuse human rights. This is true for Taiwan, too.
Parliamentarism and Human Rights: The “New” Transitional Justice and the Tai Ji Men Case
Several countries have recognized that democratically elected Parliaments and serious human rights violations may unfortunately coexist.
Advocacy for Tai Ji Men at the IRF Summit 2022
Several events presented the Tai Ji Men case in connection with one of the world’s largest freedom of religion events.
The Tai Ji Men Case at the European Academy of Religion
At one of the largest European gatherings of scholars of religion, academics and dizi discussed the situation 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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