Bitter Winter
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
NEWS FROM CHINA
After a Tibetan Set Himself on Fire in New York: How Tibetans React
The self-immolation is viewed very differently by Tibetans than by Western observers, who often miss the context.
NEWS FROM THE WORLD
Shincheonji: A Session in Rome Held Under the Shadow of an Arrest
At the European Academy of Religion, scholars gathered to discuss the religious movement while its elderly leader remained behind bars.
TESTIMONIES FROM CHINA
“Brainwashing” Accusations and the Persecution of The Church of Almighty God
A persecution that continues in China is now extended through transnational campaigns of espionage, propaganda, and harassment.
TESTIMONIES FROM THE WORLD
After the Unification Church’s Dissolution in Japan. 3. Forced Conversions
A journalist describes years of abductions, confinement, coerced renunciations, and litigation that shaped public hostility toward the Unification Church.
FEATURED CHINA
Ga. Sharavjamts and the Mongolian Myths China Tried to Silence
His passing removes a major thinker whose theory of myth shaped contemporary scholarship—and whose intellectual courage brought decades of repression.
FEATURED INTERNATIONAL
Shincheonji in Latin America: Bible Courses, Gradients of Commitment, and Anti-Cult Rhetoric
While the movement grows in Argentina and beyond, criticism appears to be imported from Korea rather than domestic.
OP-EDS CHINA
Then They Came for Macau: The Au Kam San Case Signals an Escalation of Repression
A dissident’s trial reveals how a quiet city enforces the National Security Law with far‑reaching consequences. It is the first case tried under the new law.
OP-EDS INTERNATIONAL
Shincheonji and the Unification Church: South Korea’s Minister of Justice Promises “Strict Punishment” of “False Prophets”
Elderly religious leaders are kept in detention, while the politician quotes the Gospel against the “heretics” and hails what happened in Japan.
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
日本の統一教会事件はいかにして道を踏み外したのか:中山達樹弁護士が語る舞台裏
文芸評論家・小川榮太郎氏との対談を通じて、政治的圧力、過熱報道、そして信頼性に疑問がある証拠が、いかにして司法の失敗を招いたのかが明らかになる。






