BITTER WINTER

Bitter Winter

A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

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LATEST ARTICLES

Pakistan’s Supreme Court Confirms Qaiser Ayub’s Death Sentence in Blasphemy Case

His younger brother, Amoon, was acquitted after twelve years in jail. Two days later, a mob in Punjab burned the clinic of another accused believer.

Thailand: Two Pardoned Uyghurs Now Face Deportation to China

Freed from prison by a royal act of clemency, the men wait in the Bangkok immigration center from which 40 compatriots were secretly sent back to Beijing in 2025.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Hunting “Teacher Li”: Italy Finds Beijing’s Transnational Repression in Milan

Ten suspects, including leaders of two Fujianese associations, allegedly tracked and stalked a dissident influencer on behalf of the Chinese police.

Atheists Behind the Trafficking Anti-Religious Crusade? The R-1 Visa Lawsuit

A FOIA complaint against USCIS shows secularist activists eager to recast foreign priests, nuns, and temple volunteers as potential slaves—OneTaste style.

The Fifth Plenum: Fewer Chairs, More Rules for CCP Members

Beijing’s autumn gathering of the Central Committee promised cadres tighter discipline, endless study sessions, and lifelong scrutiny, while purges emptied a quarter of the seats.

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