LATEST ARTICLES
The Tai Ji Men Case: A Personal Testimony
An intimate recollection of twenty-five years of hopes, disappointment, and “peaceful and rational” protests.
Human Rights Violations in the Tai Ji Men Case
That the rights of the defendants were violated is obvious. Yet, no effective remedies appear to exist.
A Phoenix Rising from the Ashes: Tai Ji Men Fight for Taxpayers’ Rights
A generation of dizi confronted rogue tax bureaucrats, whose acts at times were reminiscent of the Corleone family in The Godfather.
Taxes and Religious Minorities in Italy and Taiwan: A Comparison
Repressing movements labeled as “cults,” including through a misuse of taxes, and denying tax justice also happens in Italy. But more remedies exist there.
“Protest, Conscience, and Human Rights” Discussed in a Webinar
CESNUR’s and Human Rights Without Frontiers’ monthly webinar on the questions raised by the Tai Ji Men case in Taiwan honored the International Day of Conscience, exploring how conscience can affect the future of a nation and its people.
Monsignor Óscar Romero: His Lesson for Freedom of Religion or Belief
A speech at the webinar “The Right to Truth on Human Rights Violations: The Tai Ji Men Case in Comparative Perspective” held on March 24, 2021.
The Strange Case of Prosecutor Hou Kuan-jen
The highest auditory agency in Taiwan, the Control Yuan, found him guilty of multiple violations of law in the Tai Ji Men case. Yet, he has never been sanctioned.
“Right to Truth” on Human Rights Violations Discussed in a Webinar
On the day commemorating the assassination of Bishop Romero, experts gathered to discuss transitional justice and the Tai Ji Men case in Taiwan.
Abuse of State Power and Freedom of Religion and Belief
A conference in Taiwan featured an in-depth discussion on how states go beyond their legal and democratic limits. A synthesis of the proceedings.
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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