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“As We Were Saying Yesterday”: Education, Persecution, and the Tai Ji Men Case
Persecuting independent education is the mark of injustice. In the end, however, education often prevails.
The Power of Education and the Tai Ji Men Case: An International Webinar
Persecuting Tai Ji Men was an attempt to destroy a unique educational experience, said scholars and human rights activists from various countries.
U.S. National Religious Freedom Day and the Tai Ji Men Case
As the United States celebrated freedom of religion or belief, scholars and activists issued a powerful reminder that it is not being granted to Tai Ji Men.
The Rule of Law as a Path Towards Higher Freedoms and the Tai Ji Men Case
Nobody is above the respect of just laws. Taiwan’s high rank in the Global Corruption Index scale is not coincidental, and is validated by the Tai Ji Men case.
On Judicial Day, Remember the Tai Ji Men Case
Taiwan should be commended for celebrating every year the rule of law. Now, it should apply it to Tai Ji Men.
The Tai Ji Men Case: How the Rule of Law Was Breached Twice
There are two ways to violate the rule of law. In the case of Tai Ji Men, both were at work.
Taiwan’s Judicial Day: Scholars Demand Justice for Tai Ji Men
The day celebrates the rule of law, something that was not at work in the Tai Ji Men case.
Freedom Under Siege and the Tai Ji Men Case
The assault on religious liberty is increasing, not decreasing, and is often conducted through the improper use of taxes.
Persecution, Solidarity, and the Tai Ji Men Case
Slander and the manipulation of the tax system are frequent tools used to persecute religious and spiritual groups. They need our solidarity.
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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