Bitter Winter
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
NEWS FROM CHINA
Former Ragya Abbot Sentenced to Five Years
Lobsang Tenpa had already spent months in custody in 2025. He was accused of encouraging devotees to pray for the Dalai Lama.
NEWS FROM THE WORLD
The OneTaste Case Reaches Warsaw’s OSCE-ODIHR Meeting
CAP-LC warns that expanding coercion to “psychological influence” endangers spiritual, therapeutic, and self-development communities.
TESTIMONIES FROM CHINA
A Moral Signal in The Hague Against China’s Transnational Repression
The mayor’s reception of the “lonely Uyghur” exposes the political meaning of Chinese violence inside a city of international justice.
TESTIMONIES FROM THE WORLD
CESNUR 2026 Examines the Unification Church Case in Japan
Speakers from Tokyo and Kanazawa told how pastors, parents, and leftist lawyers joined forces, and what believers now face after the dissolution order.
FEATURED CHINA
The Paper Trail of Repression: Chinese Procurement Records Expose the Surveillance Industry
A C4ADS study follows tenders and invoices across Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Tibet, and Hong Kong to name the companies supplying Beijing’s watchers.
FEATURED INTERNATIONAL
“Dangerous Justice”: A New Book on the Rudnev Case and Argentina’s Criminal System
Scholars, lawyers, a journalist, and the alleged “victim” examine how prejudice and structural flaws kept a seriously ill man in jail.
OP-EDS CHINA
“Bitter Winter” Hero of the Week: Palau’s President Sends China Packing
The leader of an island nation of 18,000 people answered Chinese threats over Taiwan with a courage many larger governments seem to have misplaced.
OP-EDS INTERNATIONAL
The Triple Alliance: The Chinese Communist Party, Japanese Anti-cult Lawyers, and Korean Heresy Hunters
Korean pastors, Japanese leftist attorneys, and Beijing’s Communist bureaucrats have formed a united front against conservative religion; so far, it has been effective.
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
CESNUR 2026、日本における統一教会問題を検証
東京と金沢からの登壇者が、牧師、信者の親、左派弁護士らがいかに連携してきたか、また解散命令後の信者たちがどのような状況に置かれているかを報告した。






