Bitter Winter
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
NEWS FROM CHINA
Lifechanyuan: Prison Terms and Confiscations as the Linzhou Case Ends
A Henan court has punished six peaceful Celestials and seized over one million yuan of their communal savings, completing a crackdown launched in July 2025.
NEWS FROM THE WORLD
An Alarming Report on Pakistan’s Hindus Reaches the British Parliament
A dossier on desecrated temples, seized land, and abducted girls in Sindh prompts calls to reconsider aid to Islamabad.
TESTIMONIES FROM CHINA
Kashgar 1981: The Forgotten Uprising at the Dawn of China’s Reform Era
The killing of a Uyghur worker by a Han shopkeeper sparked a revolt that kept the city outside Communist Party control for nine days.
TESTIMONIES FROM THE WORLD
An African Detective Story: Who Killed Bishop Osório Citora Afonso?
A murder in Mozambique raised embarrassing questions for the government and for the Catholic Church itself
FEATURED CHINA
ETAC’s New Series on Human Harvesting in China: Evidence of State-Sponsored Mass Murder
A report by expert Sarah Cook coldly and precisely debunks two myths: that the Chinese Communist Party has no part in this horror, and that it has reformed the system to prevent it.
FEATURED INTERNATIONAL
Six Propositions and a Straw Man: Ann Gleig’s “Talking About Cults”
A Buddhism specialist ventures into the study of new religious movements. She caricatures an entire field and forgets a whole category of survivors.
OP-EDS CHINA
Apologies for Mao, Silence for Uyghurs: What Is Freedom Worth?
Beijing can impose a commercial price on speech abroad. The deeper question is whether institutions in democratic societies will defend their freedoms when doing so becomes costly.
OP-EDS INTERNATIONAL
Prosecutor Arrigo Strikes Back: Old Russian Slanders and New Fantasies About Konstantin Rudnev
“Confidential information” leaked to an Argentine daily repeats claims that official documents, scholars, and the alleged victim herself have already refuted.
INTERVIEWS
A Case Built on Sand? Konstantin Rudnev Speaks Out After House Arrest Is Revoked
The prosecutors’ accusations against Rudnev deserves to be examined in detail—and he should be allowed to present his version to the public.
DOCUMENT AND TRANSLATIONS
El fiscal Arrigo contraataca: viejas calumnias rusas y nuevas fantasías sobre Konstantin Rudnev
“Información confidencial” filtrada a un diario argentino repite afirmaciones que documentos oficiales, académicos y la propia presunta víctima ya han refutado.






