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RELIGION AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Munich Rally Marks 35th Anniversary of Baren Massacre in Xinjiang
Munich Rally Marks 35th Anniversary of Baren Massacre in Xinjiang

At 3 p.m. local time on April 4, 2025, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) organized a demonstration in front of the Chinese Consulate in Munich, Germany, to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Baren ...

Tibetan Uprising Day 2025: Multiple Groups Demonstrate in Austria
Tibetan Uprising Day 2025: Multiple Groups Demonstrate in Austria

On March 10, 2025, over 150 people participated in a march in Vienna, Austria’s capital, to mark the 66th anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising Day and condemn the CCP tyranny. Participants included mem...

Rally in Switzerland Marks Tibetan Uprising Day; Chinese Christians Stand in Solidarity
Rally in Switzerland Marks Tibetan Uprising Day; Chinese Christians Stand in Solidarity

On March 10, 2025, the Tibetan Community of Switzerland & Liechtenstein held a protest march in Zurich, Switzerland, to commemorate Tibetan Uprising Day. Participating organizations included the Ti...

Tibetans in Germany Rally at Chinese Embassy to Mark 66th Tibetan Uprising Anniversary
Tibetans in Germany Rally at Chinese Embassy to Mark 66th Tibetan Uprising Anniversary

On March 10, 2025, Tibetans in Germany organized a demonstration in front of the Chinese Embassy in Berlin to commemorate the 66th anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day. Dozens of Tibetans and their sup...

March 10 Tibetan Uprising Anniversary: Defending Human Freedom and Dignity Together
March 10 Tibetan Uprising Anniversary: Defending Human Freedom and Dignity Together

On March 10, 2025, Europe’s Tibetan community gathered in The Hague to commemorate Tibetan Uprising Day. Exiled Tibetans from across Europe converged there, rallying together to oppose oppression and ...

Two CAG Christians Dead Within Four Days in Jilin, China; Geneva rally Condemn CCP’s Atrocities
Two CAG Christians Dead Within Four Days in Jilin, China; Geneva rally Condemn CCP’s Atrocities

On February 24, 2025, the Tibetan Community in Switzerland & Liechtenstein (TCSL) held a protest in front of the United Nations headquarters in Geneva. Among the attendees were the president of the A...

A Scandal in Italy: Lists of Church of Almighty God Members Seeking Asylum in Italy Published in China
A Scandal in Italy: Lists of Church of Almighty God Members Seeking Asylum in Italy Published in China

A site likely connected with Chinese intelligence services publishes lists of refugees who have applied for asylum in Italy. How does it get them? Massimo Introvigne The Church of Almighty G

Panchen Lama: Tibetans Forced to Worship the False One at Gunpoint
Panchen Lama: Tibetans Forced to Worship the False One at Gunpoint

Gyaltsen Norbu toured Tibet this year and talked to captive audiences, compelled to listen to him by the CCP security. by Ugyen Gyalpo May 17, 2020. marked the 25th anniversary of the kidnap

Church of Almighty God Members “Deprogrammed” in Jail
Church of Almighty God Members “Deprogrammed” in Jail

Under CCP’s “transformation” program, CAG members are abused and tortured, until they sign the “three statements,” promising to give up their belief. by Cai Congxin In April 2019, the Genera

Hong Kong Activist Agnes Chow Moved to Top Security Prison: Report
Hong Kong Activist Agnes Chow Moved to Top Security Prison: Report

Authorities in Hong Kong have transferred 24-year-old democracy activist Agnes Chow to a top-security prison that places Category A prisoners convicted of violent crime in solitary confinement, ac...

A 3-Year “Final Solution” Plan Against The Church of Almighty God
A 3-Year “Final Solution” Plan Against The Church of Almighty God

Countless CAG members have been arrested following a national crackdown operation launched this September to eradicate the Church. by Wang Yichi The Central Political and Legal Affairs

Ill Christian Cui Yuhua Dies for Delay in Treatment by Police Arrest & Abuse
Ill Christian Cui Yuhua Dies for Delay in Treatment by Police Arrest & Abuse

Cui Yuhua, female, born in 1971, a resident in Yinliu village in Yucheng town in Boshan district of Zibo city in the eastern province of Shandong, joined The Church of Almighty God in 2010. She wa...

Catholic Sanctuary of Our Lady of Zhaojialing Under CCP Attack
Catholic Sanctuary of Our Lady of Zhaojialing Under CCP Attack

The village is a nationally famous pilgrimage site since the 19th century. Now, the Catholic signs and images are disappearing. by Zhang Feng In the Northern province of Shanxi, the Zhaojialing vi

Switzerland Confirms Handing Out Schengen Visas to Chinese Security Agents
Switzerland Confirms Handing Out Schengen Visas to Chinese Security Agents

Switzerland has admitted to handing out Schengen visas to agents of the Chinese state, after a report revealed it has scant oversight over what law enforcement officers sent by the Chinese Communist P...

Christian Interrogated Secretly for 41 Days, Left with Multiple Injuries and Disabilities
Christian Interrogated Secretly for 41 Days, Left with Multiple Injuries and Disabilities

Li An (pseudonym), male, born in 1966, from the eastern province of Jiangsu, is a Christian of The Church of Almighty God (CAG). On April 20, 2020, he was arrested by the CCP police for his belief...

China Repeatedly Harasses Xiamen House Church
China Repeatedly Harasses Xiamen House Church

On December 6, a house church in China’s Fujian province was again raided by the local authorities during its service. Xunsiding Church, a house church in Xiamen city, has been repeatedly harasse

76 Church of Almighty God Members Sentenced to Prison
76 Church of Almighty God Members Sentenced to Prison

The believers were sentenced to years in prison merely for practicing their faith. One of them was just 19. by Deng Jie Between June and September, 66 Church of Almighty God (CAG) members

New Unified Arrest Operations Target The Church of Almighty God
New Unified Arrest Operations Target The Church of Almighty God

Over 300 believers were arrested in October and November, as local authorities launched new crackdown campaigns against this Chinese Christian new religious movement. by Ye Jiajia The

Religious Funerals Dispersed, Cemeteries Desecrated
Religious Funerals Dispersed, Cemeteries Desecrated

The CCP bans all religious rites and traditions during funerals and threatens to punish local officials who allow them. by Wang Yichi After the Liaoning Province’s Office of the Ethnic and Rel

CAG Members Tortured in Xinjiang’s Internment Camps
CAG Members Tortured in Xinjiang’s Internment Camps

Members of banned religious groups are often detained in transformation through education camps. Three Church of Almighty God believers tell their stories. by Chang Xin A member of The C

‘Safe Village’ Surveillance Program Invades People’s Homes
‘Safe Village’ Surveillance Program Invades People’s Homes

An expansion of the “Sharp Eyes” project, the new CCP’s scheme offers residents surveillance cameras inside and outside their homes. But to what end? by Zhao Mingzhe A part of the “Sharp Eyes” pro

370+ Church of Almighty God Members Arrested Across China
370+ Church of Almighty God Members Arrested Across China

Believers were arrested in several provinces from June to October after prolonged surveillance and pursuing tip-offs from residents. by Lu An Following a unified operation across the eastern provi

Felons Torture Religious Inmates to Earn Sentence Reduction
Felons Torture Religious Inmates to Earn Sentence Reduction

A former inmate and a Church of Almighty God member reveal details of mistreatment and torture prevalent in China’s prisons to “transform” people of faith. by Sun Kairui Prisoners of conscie

Believers Arrested and Fined for Bible Verse Hand Fans
Believers Arrested and Fined for Bible Verse Hand Fans

Even little keepsakes with religious content are becoming off-limits to people of faith in China, as authorities punish those who make and distribute them. by Wang Yichi Distributing small items w

How the CCP Suppresses Religions by Fabricating False News
How the CCP Suppresses Religions by Fabricating False News

Fabricating false news and spreading rumors is one of the go-to tools the CCP uses to crack down on countries, organizations and individuals as hostile forces. It is even used to suppress religious gr...

Closed Churches Ordered to Be Sold, Rented, or Destroyed
Closed Churches Ordered to Be Sold, Rented, or Destroyed

Local governments repurpose places of worship and turn them into propaganda centers, entertainment venues, or factories. Some are even leveled to the ground. by Yang Guang’an More than 70 Protesta

House Churches Suppressed Across China
House Churches Suppressed Across China

Numerous venues were shut down, believers arrested and dispersed in August across Henan, Guizhou, and Fujian provinces. by Li Xiao On August 23, the Gushi county police in Henan Province’s Xinyang

Buddhist Temples Demolished Across Hebei Province
Buddhist Temples Demolished Across Hebei Province

Throughout the northern province of Hebei, local authorities continue crackdowns on Buddhist venues, not even sparing protected cultural heritage. by Shen Xinran On September 28, the Liangji town

Believers Tortured and Abused to Renounce Their Faith
Believers Tortured and Abused to Renounce Their Faith

When members of The Church of Almighty God are detained for practicing their faith in China, they are subjected to various forms of physical and mental torture. by Cai Congxin On June 1,

Vatican and China Renew Their Agreement
Vatican and China Renew Their Agreement

The Holy See admits that “extremely painful situations” are not solved, but claims it is too early to assess the effects of the deal. by Massimo Introvigne With a short press release, the Vati

Christians Arrested, Tortured and Deafened in the Right Ear for Faith
Christians Arrested, Tortured and Deafened in the Right Ear for Faith

After being arrested by the CCP police for their faith, members of The Church of Almighty God (CAG) are mostly subjected to torture during interrogation. Many of these Christians are injured and dis...

Catholic Clergy Increasingly Subjected to Patriotic Education
Catholic Clergy Increasingly Subjected to Patriotic Education

The CCP pressures Catholic priests and nuns to participate in indoctrination activities, like visits to revolutionary heritage sites or classes on patriotic education. by Zheng Jie On October 1, t

Church of Almighty God Members Subjected to Sound Torture
Church of Almighty God Members Subjected to Sound Torture

Three members of this banned religious group in China share their horrifying experiences of torture after being arrested for their faith. by Deng Changlin Sound torture is a form of psycho

CCP Officials: ‘Christianity Doesn’t Belong in China’
CCP Officials: ‘Christianity Doesn’t Belong in China’

On top of removing crosses, Chinese authorities order to replace Christianity’s main symbol on churches’ seals with the five-pointed star. by Ye Jiajia In July, the government of Lanling county’s

39 Countries at the UN Express “Grave Concerns” on Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong—and Refugees from China
39 Countries at the UN Express “Grave Concerns” on Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong—and Refugees from China

A German initiative was also supported by countries that in previous cases kept silent on China, including Italy. by Massimo Introvigne The wind is changing for China, as less and less democra

CCP Investigates Leaks about Religious Persecution
CCP Investigates Leaks about Religious Persecution

Increasingly criticized by the international community for crackdowns on people of faith, China’s regime enforces more stringent measures to cover up its crimes. by Gu Xi A few months

Detained Coronavirus Journalist Losing Weight on Hunger Strike: Lawyer
Detained Coronavirus Journalist Losing Weight on Hunger Strike: Lawyer

A citizen journalist detained in Shanghai after she reported on the emerging coronavirus epidemic in the central Chinese city of Wuhan has lost weight after refusing food in a police-run detention cen...

One More Priest Tortured to Force Him into Official Church
One More Priest Tortured to Force Him into Official Church

Father Liu Maochun from the Diocese of Mindong, who refuses to join the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, was arrested and deprived of sleep to break his will. by An Xin On September

Official Catholic Church: State-Approved, Hounded Nonetheless
Official Catholic Church: State-Approved, Hounded Nonetheless

Joining the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association does not mean that persecutions end: state-sanctioned venues are also harassed, unduly controlled, and shut. by Yang Xiangwen For years, unregist

Southern Mongolian Herders Further Suppressed
Southern Mongolian Herders Further Suppressed

As the CCP’s drive to wipe out Mongolian culture intensifies, new measures are planned to ban livestock grazing—an integral part of the traditional nomadic lifestyle. by Gu Qi After the Chinese go

Civil Servants Tried and Sentenced Covertly for Religious Belief
Civil Servants Tried and Sentenced Covertly for Religious Belief

Civil servants serving in government institutions for decades have been arrested for their religious belief, not only removed from office but also secretly tried and sentenced. One day in 2014,...

Christians Coerced into Removing Crosses from Churches
Christians Coerced into Removing Crosses from Churches

The CCP comes up with new pretexts to suppress people of faith. In Zhejiang Province, believers’ businesses are threatened if they disobey government orders. by Zhao Mingzhe On July 28, the Huai’e

Minors Detained and Imprisoned for Practicing Their Faith
Minors Detained and Imprisoned for Practicing Their Faith

Teenage members of The Church of Almighty God are given hefty sentences, tortured and indoctrinated, and deprived of visitation rights when in detention. by Gu Xi On June 29, the People’s Court of

Bishop Jia Zhiguo Under House Arrest Again
Bishop Jia Zhiguo Under House Arrest Again

The popular bishop was taken away by authorities on August 10. He has been harassed for months to close an orphanage for disabled children he runs for 30 years. by Shen Xinran Before the V

News of Swiss Agreement Allowing Deportations to China Raises Concerns for Tibetans
News of Swiss Agreement Allowing Deportations to China Raises Concerns for Tibetans

A previously little-known agreement between Switzerland and China allowing Chinese officials access to Chinese nationals applying for asylum in the European country has come up for renewal, prompting ...

China’s 'Coercive Diplomacy' Backfires as Czech Senate Delegation Visits Taiwan
China’s 'Coercive Diplomacy' Backfires as Czech Senate Delegation Visits Taiwan

In defiance of China, a delegation, led by Czech Senate President Miloš Vystrčil, Sunday arrived in Taiwan on a six-day visit — the highest-level exchange between the two countries to cement economic ...

Xinjiang Authorities Jail Family Members of Two Uyghurs in Exile For Travel, Overseas Ties
Xinjiang Authorities Jail Family Members of Two Uyghurs in Exile For Travel, Overseas Ties

Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have imprisoned the family members of two Uyghur women living in exile for their travels abroad and overseas connections, acco...

People’s Homes Destroyed to Build ‘New Socialist Countryside’
People’s Homes Destroyed to Build ‘New Socialist Countryside’

Behind the “success” of the CCP’s rural revitalization campaign hide stories of misery and pain by its “beneficiaries.” by Sun Kairui The East Asian rainy season, called meiyu or plum rains in Chi

Ethnic Mongolian Parents Strike Over China's New Language Policy in Schools
Ethnic Mongolian Parents Strike Over China's New Language Policy in Schools

Parents in China's northern region of Inner Mongolia are refusing to send their children to school this semester in protest over changes to the curriculum by the ruling Chinese Communist Party. ...

State-Run Institutions Investigate Employees’ Religious Status
State-Run Institutions Investigate Employees’ Religious Status

Religious persecution in China affects each aspect of believers’ life. Those unwilling to give up their faith may lose their jobs. by Zhang Wenshu   On July 28, thousands of workers in

Investigated for Selling or Buying Bible Players
Investigated for Selling or Buying Bible Players

The CCP persecutes people for electronic devices with religious content as part of the campaign against “illegal publications and pornography.” by Lin Yijiang In recent years, audio Bible players

Chinese Coast Guard Seizes Boat, Arrests 12 Hong Kong Protesters
Chinese Coast Guard Seizes Boat, Arrests 12 Hong Kong Protesters

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have detained more than 10 people believed to be Hong Kong activists fleeing to the democratic island of Taiwan amid a national security c...

English-Language News App Censored Tibet, Dalai Lama References
English-Language News App Censored Tibet, Dalai Lama References

An English-language news app connected to major Western media sources routinely censored references to Tibet, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, and other key words deemed politically sensit...

The Dragon and the Mouse: China Foreign Minister Meets Italian Colleague Amid Protest
The Dragon and the Mouse: China Foreign Minister Meets Italian Colleague Amid Protest

Hong Kong democratic leader Nathan Law, DAFOH, and Falun Gong practitioners made their voices heard in Rome—not to very much avail by Marco Respinti On August 25, the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wan

Hong Kong vexed as China censors textbooks
Hong Kong vexed as China censors textbooks

Critics say Beijing's move will put an end to academic freedom in the territory China has tightened its grip on the education system in Hong Kong, barely two months after Beijing implemented a new na

Bans on Religious Funeral Ceremonies Further Expanded
Bans on Religious Funeral Ceremonies Further Expanded

The CCP enforces strict measures to prohibit people from saying goodbye to their deceased devout family members according to religious traditions and customs. by Wang Yichi In June, the Office of

Large Numbers of Hong Kong Residents Leave Amid National Security Crackdown
Large Numbers of Hong Kong Residents Leave Amid National Security Crackdown

As Australia relaxed visa rules for thousands of Hong Kong residents studying and working in the country, analysts say many more will likely emigrate from the city in the wake of a draconian national ...

China Video Ad Calls for 100 Uighur Women to ‘Urgently’ Marry Han Men
China Video Ad Calls for 100 Uighur Women to ‘Urgently’ Marry Han Men

A video clip asking 100 Uighur women to “urgently” sign up for intermarriage with Chinese men has been circulating on social media platforms in recent weeks, with observers and Uighur human rights act...

CCP Afraid of a “Belarus Effect,” Calls for “Absolute Obedience” to the Party
CCP Afraid of a “Belarus Effect,” Calls for “Absolute Obedience” to the Party

Chinese media have been ordered to spread fake news about Belarus, and a campaign has been launched stressing that the CCP and Xi Jinping should be obeyed unconditionally. by Massimo Introvigne

Siblings Get Lengthy Jail Terms in Xinjiang For Links to Turkey-Based Uyghur Scholar
Siblings Get Lengthy Jail Terms in Xinjiang For Links to Turkey-Based Uyghur Scholar

Authorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have jailed four siblings and a brother-in-law of an Ankara-based Uyghur academic for more than a decade each for "aiding and abetting...

1,634 Church of Almighty God Members Arrested in First Half of 2020
1,634 Church of Almighty God Members Arrested in First Half of 2020

Mass arrest operations were planned across China before the coronavirus outbreak. If it were not for the pandemic, even more people could have been detained. by Gu Xi As Bitter Winter has previous

Hong Kong Textbook Revisions Will Lead to 'Brainwashing,' Teachers Warn
Hong Kong Textbook Revisions Will Lead to 'Brainwashing,' Teachers Warn

Authorities in Hong Kong are targeting the Liberal Studies program in the city's schools, and look likely to use it to "brainwash" students into unquestioning patriotism and loyalty to the ruling ...

Spirit Breaking: On Mosque Rectification and Cultural Genocide
Spirit Breaking: On Mosque Rectification and Cultural Genocide

A public toilet installed on the remains of the Tokul mosque in Xinjiang—and other rites of humiliation the CCP performs against religion. by Matthew Omolesky China’s campaign of religious rep

September 1, The Death Bell Will Ring for Southern Mongolian Identity
September 1, The Death Bell Will Ring for Southern Mongolian Identity

The CCP launches a three-year plan to progressively replace Mongolian with Chinese as the primary language of instruction in all schools in Inner Mongolia. by Massimo Introvigne Teachers are c

Majority of 19,000 People to Be Placed in Jobs are Xinjiang Camp Detainees
Majority of 19,000 People to Be Placed in Jobs are Xinjiang Camp Detainees

The majority of tens of thousands of people from a southeastern prefecture of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) who will be hired to do construction work in coming years are current...

More Church of Almighty God Members Arrested and Tortured
More Church of Almighty God Members Arrested and Tortured

Using pandemic restrictions as a pretext to check residents’ identity, authorities hunt down believers from this banned religious group. by Zhou Xiaolu In 2019, China’s government launched yet ano

18 Jehovah’s Witnesses Sentenced to Years in Jail in Xinjiang
18 Jehovah’s Witnesses Sentenced to Years in Jail in Xinjiang

The 18 Jehovah’s Witnesses arrested in Xinjiang have now been sentenced to long jail terms. Lawyers complain of the inhumane conditions of their detention. by Chang Xin   Bitter Winter h...

Cai Xia Expelled from the CCP, Calls Xi “a Mafia Boss” and the Party “a Political Zombie”
Cai Xia Expelled from the CCP, Calls Xi “a Mafia Boss” and the Party “a Political Zombie”

The former top ideologue at Central Party School says Xi Jinping should go. Kicked out of the CCP and deprived of her retirement benefits, she can soon be arrested. by Massimo Introvigne

Hunt for Unsanctioned Religious Materials Continues Nationwide
Hunt for Unsanctioned Religious Materials Continues Nationwide

Provincial and municipal governments intensify measures to purge from state-run churches all publications that are not approved by the state. by Wang Yong On June 18, the Two Chinese Christian Cou

Xinjiang Hospitals Aborted, Killed Babies Outside Family Planning Limits: Uyghur Obstetrician
Xinjiang Hospitals Aborted, Killed Babies Outside Family Planning Limits: Uyghur Obstetrician

Hospitals in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) were forced to abort and kill babies born in excess of family planning limits or who were in utero less than three years after t...

Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Still Unaccounted For 3 Years After Disappearance
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Still Unaccounted For 3 Years After Disappearance

Three years after prominent human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng disappeared from his cave dwelling home in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi, his wife still has no idea where he is and appeale...

Hong Kong Lawmaker Injured by Car He Said Had Been Following Him
Hong Kong Lawmaker Injured by Car He Said Had Been Following Him

A pro-democracy lawmaker in Hong Kong suffered minor injuries after being hit by a car he said had been following him for days. Democratic Party lawmaker Ted Hui had approached the vehicle after be...

'I Feel Pretty Helpless Right Now': Guangdong Rights Attorney Yang Bin
'I Feel Pretty Helpless Right Now': Guangdong Rights Attorney Yang Bin

Yang Bin, a human rights lawyer based in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, was recently informed that her law firm wouldn't be renewing her contract, and that the authorities plan to str...

Studying ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ During Pandemic
Studying ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ During Pandemic

The CCP forces people to use the infamous “Xi Study Strong Nation” app and uses their accumulated scores to either punish or award them. by Lu Xiaojing Like Mao Zedong, Xi Jinping is obsessed with

US Designates Confucius Institutes 'Foreign Missions' of China
US Designates Confucius Institutes 'Foreign Missions' of China

The United States on Thursday designated the Confucius Institute education program as a “foreign mission” of China, setting up the Chinese government-funded language teaching scheme for tougher scru...

World Uyghur Congress to IOC: Stop the 2022 Winter Olympics in China
World Uyghur Congress to IOC: Stop the 2022 Winter Olympics in China

London lawyer Michael Polak submits a formal written complaint to the International Olympic Committee. by Marco Respinti China’s record on human rights and religious liberty is so low that the

Hong Kong Media Tycoon's Arrest Sparks Fear of Press Freedom Demise
Hong Kong Media Tycoon's Arrest Sparks Fear of Press Freedom Demise

The arrest of pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai and the high-profile police raid on the Apple Daily newspaper this week has stoked widespread fears of the end of Hong Kong as a flourishing city ...

US Officials Sanctioned by China Denounce Measures as Distraction
US Officials Sanctioned by China Denounce Measures as Distraction

The 11 U.S. lawmakers and nonprofit leaders sanctioned Monday by China are speaking out, with one spokesperson characterizing the new measures as “not credible” and others as an attempt to “distract” ...

Hong Kong's Embattled Apple Daily Vows to Keep Up Fight For Freedom
Hong Kong's Embattled Apple Daily Vows to Keep Up Fight For Freedom

A pro-democracy newspaper raided by Hong Kong's newly established national security police pledged defiance on Tuesday in the face of a growing crackdown on dissent in the city as its founder Jimm...

CCP Investigates Leaks about Persecuted Catholic Priests
CCP Investigates Leaks about Persecuted Catholic Priests

Ahead of the Vatican-China deal renewal, the regime makes sure that no information about repressions against Catholic conscientious objectors gets outside China. by An Xin On April 28, Bitter Wint

Hong Kong Publisher, Democracy Advocate Arrested
Hong Kong Publisher, Democracy Advocate Arrested

Hong Kong media tycoon and staunch democracy advocate Jimmy Lai was one of seven people arrested Monday on charges of violating the new national security law imposed by China. The newspaper App...

CCP Investigates Leaks about Persecuted Catholic Priests
CCP Investigates Leaks about Persecuted Catholic Priests

Ahead of the Vatican-China deal renewal, the regime makes sure that no information about repressions against Catholic conscientious objectors gets outside China. by An Xin On April 28, Bitter Wi...

Uyghur Model ‘Disappears’ After Risking Punishment With Video of His Detention
Uyghur Model ‘Disappears’ After Risking Punishment With Video of His Detention

A young Uyghur man who risked severe punishment to take a video of himself in detention in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and his aunt, who sent the video out of the country, hav...

Crosses Removed from Churches Across Shandong Province
Crosses Removed from Churches Across Shandong Province

Ahead of provincial government inspections, local authorities ordered to eliminate crosses from the roofs of Protestant and Catholic venues from April through June. by Wu Xishan On May 20, more th

US Sanctions Hong Kong Leaders
US Sanctions Hong Kong Leaders

The United States has imposed sanctions on Hong Kong’s pro-China government leader and other Hong Kong officials for allegedly suppressing freedom in the former British colony. The Treasury Departm...

Outdoor Buddhist Statues Demolished Nationwide
Outdoor Buddhist Statues Demolished Nationwide

The CCP continues its campaign to eliminate religious statues in Hubei and Guangxi provinces. by Cai Congxin In June, the Liangzihu district government in Ezhou, a prefecture-level city in the cen

Police in China's Guangdong Order Eviction of Exiled Dissident's Family
Police in China's Guangdong Order Eviction of Exiled Dissident's Family

Dissident Liu Sifang, who fled China after a nationwide crackdown on activists led by police in the eastern province of Shandong, says his family is being harassed by authorities back home after b...

Twitter Announces Labels for State-Controlled Media
Twitter Announces Labels for State-Controlled Media

The new label will apply exclusively to “outlets where the state exercises control over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect political pressures, and/or control over p...

In Hong Kong, Some Activists Fear Academic Freedom Will Suffer Under National Security Law
In Hong Kong, Some Activists Fear Academic Freedom Will Suffer Under National Security Law

When lecturer Shiu Ka-Chun received a letter from his university last week, he was shocked to find that he had been effectively fired. Shiu, also a legislator, has taught social work at the Baptist...

Xinjiang Authorities Relocate Camp Detainees to Restricted-Access ‘Residential Area’
Xinjiang Authorities Relocate Camp Detainees to Restricted-Access ‘Residential Area’

Authorities in Kashgar (in Chinese, Kashi) prefecture in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have established a special, restricted-access “residential area” to relocate Uyghu...

Uyghur Women, Rarely Informed About Forced Birth Control Procedures, Suffer Lifelong Complications
Uyghur Women, Rarely Informed About Forced Birth Control Procedures, Suffer Lifelong Complications

Uyghur women who are forced to undergo birth control procedures in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) are rarely informed about their side effects, and regularly experience lif...

Propaganda Through ‘Positive Energy’
Propaganda Through ‘Positive Energy’

Reporting only “good news” about the negative has become the CCP’s go-to tool to hide the truth and falsify reality. Be it natural disasters or coronavirus outbreak. by Bai Lin As torrential rains

Ama Adhe, Tibetan Hero, Dies at 88
Ama Adhe, Tibetan Hero, Dies at 88

She organized an underground network of women fighting for human rights and freedom, and was tortured for 27 years in the CCP jails. by Massimo Introvigne On August 3, 2020, Adhe Tapontsan

US Activist Accused of Breaching HK's Security Law Says He Will Not Back Down
US Activist Accused of Breaching HK's Security Law Says He Will Not Back Down

Samuel Chu, one of six activists now living overseas who Hong Kong has reportedly issued arrest warrants for under its new national security law, has told VOA he will not stop fighting for democracy f...

Uyghurs, CCP Fake News Exposed by New UHRP Report
Uyghurs, CCP Fake News Exposed by New UHRP Report

The Uyghur Human Rights Project reveals new details on Beijing’s massive campaign to persuade the world that there is no persecution in Xinjiang. by Ruth Ingram Propaganda exposed Disappearing Uy...

Tibetans Are Denied Rights to Fair Trial Under Chinese Rule: Report
Tibetans Are Denied Rights to Fair Trial Under Chinese Rule: Report

Tibetans living under China’s rule are routinely denied the right to a fair trial, with judicial proceedings against them often held in secret and confessions obtained under torture used against t...

Lives Ruined in the Name of Poverty Alleviation
Lives Ruined in the Name of Poverty Alleviation

To reach the goal of no impoverished households by the end of 2020, CCP forces villagers with no skills or income to move to cities after their homes are destroyed. by Han Sheng Official media acr

Sicken Christian Detained, Denied Access to Medication, and Died in 16 Days
Sicken Christian Detained, Denied Access to Medication, and Died in 16 Days

Although some Christians from The Church of Almighty God (CAG) are seriously ill, they are still subjected to the CCP police’s merciless mistreatment and interrogation, which deteriorate their hea...

52 Church of Almighty God Members Given Long Jail Sentences
52 Church of Almighty God Members Given Long Jail Sentences

One of the sentenced believers will spend 15 years in prison merely for keeping at home CAG-related e-books and videos. by Chang Xin Amid the coronavirus outbreak, The Church of Almighty God (

Hong Kong Postpones Elections By a Year, Citing Coronavirus
Hong Kong Postpones Elections By a Year, Citing Coronavirus

Hong Kong’s top leader, Carrie Lam, announced Friday that the city’s September legislative election would be postponed for a year, citing the coronavirus pandemic. The decision dealt a blow to the pro...

Hong Kong Officials Disqualify 12 Pro-Democracy Election Hopefuls
Hong Kong Officials Disqualify 12 Pro-Democracy Election Hopefuls

Election authorities in Hong Kong on Thursday disqualified 12 pro-democracy figures who tried to register as candidates in legislative elections slated for September, including former 2014 student...

Lives Ruined in the Name of Poverty Alleviation
Lives Ruined in the Name of Poverty Alleviation

To reach the goal of no impoverished households by the end of 2020, CCP forces villagers with no skills or income to move to cities after their homes are destroyed. by Han Sheng Official media acr

Vatican-China Deal: “The CCP Hacked Vatican Computers”
Vatican-China Deal: “The CCP Hacked Vatican Computers”

One of the largest international cybersecurity firms claims that the Chinese have hacked since May the Vatican agencies involved in the renewal of the agreement. by Massimo Introvigne The renewal

Wife of Jailed Dissident Who Stood up For Uyghurs Calls For His Release
Wife of Jailed Dissident Who Stood up For Uyghurs Calls For His Release

Concerns are growing for jailed Xinjiang dissident Zhang Haitao, who has only been allowed three family visits in the past five years of his sentence at a prison in the northwestern region of Xinj...

USDA Urges Residents to Avoid Planting ‘China Seeds’
USDA Urges Residents to Avoid Planting ‘China Seeds’

The U.S. Agriculture Department issued a warning Monday urging all citizens who received unsolicited packages of seeds to turn the specimens over to the government for testing. The mysterious p...

Poverty Alleviation in Xinjiang: Slaving in Jail-Like Plants
Poverty Alleviation in Xinjiang: Slaving in Jail-Like Plants

An ethnic Han manager at a garment factory in Xinjiang discloses disturbing details of local Uyghurs’ abuse, disguised as bogus projects to improve their lives. by Chang Xin A Han Chinese man from

Residents of China's Shandong Left Homeless by Suspended Rural Resettlement Plan
Residents of China's Shandong Left Homeless by Suspended Rural Resettlement Plan

Authorities in the eastern province of Shandong have suspended a mass rural resettlement program after it was criticized by the ruling Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, the People's Da...

‘You Can’t Believe in God in China,’ Police Tell Believers
‘You Can’t Believe in God in China,’ Police Tell Believers

Attacks on house churches across China intensified in the past few months, as police and government officials raid places of worship and intimidate congregations. by Shen Xiang On June 28, a group

Southern Mongolia, the Unknown Cultural Genocide
Southern Mongolia, the Unknown Cultural Genocide

An interview with Enghebatu Togochog on how the CCP tries to destroy Mongolian identity in what it calls Inner Mongolia. by Massimo Introvigne Enghebatu Togochog is the director of Souther

Wife Says Rights Lawyer Ding Jiaxi Tortured in Shandong Detention Center
Wife Says Rights Lawyer Ding Jiaxi Tortured in Shandong Detention Center

Concerns are growing over the fate of human rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi, with his wife raising concerns that he may have been tortured during his time in the Linshi Detention Center in the eastern Ch...

Xinjiang Authorities Instruct Residents to Mislead Investigators Over Population Controls
Xinjiang Authorities Instruct Residents to Mislead Investigators Over Population Controls

Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) are preparing local residents for visits with outside “inspectors” by ordering them to disavow knowledge of “family planni...

Unregistered Catholic Priests Pressured into Patriotic Church
Unregistered Catholic Priests Pressured into Patriotic Church

As the Vatican-China Deal of 2018 expires in September, the CCP intensifies persecution of Catholic conscientious objectors through harassment and indoctrination. by Wang Yong AsiaNews reporte

China Shutters US Consulate in Chengdu in Retaliation for Houston
China Shutters US Consulate in Chengdu in Retaliation for Houston

China has ordered the closure of the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu in retaliation for the U.S. decision to close China's consulate in Houston, Texas, by Friday. There are also calls in Chinese medi...

The World Wakes Up to China, Denounces Persecution of Uyghurs
The World Wakes Up to China, Denounces Persecution of Uyghurs

From Secretary Pompeo to the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, UN experts, and a coalition of 190 NGOs, many are now breaking the silence. by Ruth Ingram Nixon’s China Policy Disc

Pompeo Echoes Nixon’s Words: ‘World Cannot Be Safe Until China Changes’
Pompeo Echoes Nixon’s Words: ‘World Cannot Be Safe Until China Changes’

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined how the relationship between the United States and China has gone from one of guarded optimism, as witnessed in the era of the Nixon administration, to...

How China Exploits Prisoners to Make Goods for Export
How China Exploits Prisoners to Make Goods for Export

Members of The Church of Almighty God share their experience manufacturing goods for foreign companies while serving time in prison for their faith. by Lu An Factories and workshops have b

US Shut China's Houston Consulate in Retaliation for Intellectual Property Theft, Pompeo Says
US Shut China's Houston Consulate in Retaliation for Intellectual Property Theft, Pompeo Says

The U.S. ordered the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas, shut down because of the persistent problem of Bejing’s theft of American intellectual property, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wedne...

Aygul Eli: How CCP Is Punishing the Brightest Uyghur Students
Aygul Eli: How CCP Is Punishing the Brightest Uyghur Students

She was an honor student who wrote an innovative MA thesis. She was punished and sentenced to 20 years in jail. by Martyna Kokotkiewicz Aygul Eli is a young woman. An ambitious and successful st...

Believer Tortured and Beaten in Prison to Abandon His Faith
Believer Tortured and Beaten in Prison to Abandon His Faith

A member of The Church of Almighty God recounts three years and six months in detention where he was forced to eat cockroaches and banned from the toilet for days. by Deng Jie The Church of Almigh

Barricades 'on Every Corner' in Xinjiang’s Kashgar Region Amid New Coronavirus Outbreak
Barricades 'on Every Corner' in Xinjiang’s Kashgar Region Amid New Coronavirus Outbreak

Residents of a county bordering the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region’s (XUAR) Kashgar (in Chinese, Kashi) city said Tuesday that they are under a strict lockdown as authorities struggle to control ...

Church of Almighty God Members Hounded Their Entire Lives
Church of Almighty God Members Hounded Their Entire Lives

Countless members of this Christian new religious movement are blacklisted in China and are harassed and persecuted for years, pressured to renounce their faith. by Lu Xiu Once they are arrested f

Scholar Hits Out at China's 'Totalitarian' System in Open Letter
Scholar Hits Out at China's 'Totalitarian' System in Open Letter

Chinese scholar Xu Zhangrun has penned a passionate call for solidarity among China's embattled dissidents after his release from criminal detention, which came after he published several articles...

Tibetan Former Political Prisoner Dies After Years of Ill Health Following Release
Tibetan Former Political Prisoner Dies After Years of Ill Health Following Release

A Tibetan protester named Trinley Choeden, also called Samdrub, died in a hospital in Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa earlier this year after suffering years of bad health following two terms in pr...

‘We Choke with Silent Fury’
‘We Choke with Silent Fury’

Buddhists are devastated as local authorities continue implementing the central government’s orders to demolish outdoor religious statues. by Wu Xishan As soon as the coronavirus lockdown has been

People on Social Welfare Ordered to Worship CCP, Not God
People on Social Welfare Ordered to Worship CCP, Not God

Because of the aid they get from the state, impoverished religious residents are told to renounce their faith, or their benefits will be withdrawn. by Zhang Feng The coronavirus outbreak has signi

Xinjiang Capital Urumqi on Lockdown Amidst New Outbreak of Coronavirus
Xinjiang Capital Urumqi on Lockdown Amidst New Outbreak of Coronavirus

Authorities in Urumqi, the capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have ordered a lockdown, cancelling nearly all flights in and out of the city, after confirming at ...

'Changsha Three' Rights Activists Secretly Indicted For 'Subversion'
'Changsha Three' Rights Activists Secretly Indicted For 'Subversion'

Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hunan have secretly indicted the "Changsha Three" non-governmental organization (NGO) workers, family members and rights groups said. Cheng Yuan, ...

Folk Religion Temples Continue to Be Demolished Nationwide
Folk Religion Temples Continue to Be Demolished Nationwide

Local officials are pressured to crack down on religions under threats to be expelled from the CCP and fired from their public office if they disobey. by Lu An On May 9, six government institution

In China, ‘Civilized’ Means Having Nothing to Do with Religion
In China, ‘Civilized’ Means Having Nothing to Do with Religion

Offering monetary rewards and praises, the CCP encourages communities to do away with religions to be named a “civilized village, town, or city.” by Xin Lu On May 29, members of an unregistered Ca

US Imposes Visa Restrictions on Chinese Tech Companies' Employees
US Imposes Visa Restrictions on Chinese Tech Companies' Employees

The United States is imposing visa restrictions on certain employees of Chinese technology companies, including Huawei, for providing “material support to regimes engaging in human rights violatio...

Are Uyghurs Really Freed from Internment Camps?
Are Uyghurs Really Freed from Internment Camps?

Having declared that over 90 % of detained Uyghurs in Xinjiang had been released, the CCP continues subjecting them to forced labor in the region’s factories. by Li Benbo Shorat Zakir, the Chairma

US State Department Bans Huawei Employees, Cites Human Rights Abuses
US State Department Bans Huawei Employees, Cites Human Rights Abuses

After targeting CCP officials who persecute Tibetans, and Xinjiang’s Uyghurs and other Turkic people, Washington hits the regime’s largest supplier of technological tools for repression. by Marco Res

China Imposes Harsh Controls on Anniversary of Revered Lama’s Death
China Imposes Harsh Controls on Anniversary of Revered Lama’s Death

Authorities in western China’s Sichuan province have imposed tight controls on the movements of Tibetans in Lithang, hometown of revered lama Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, five years after the well-loved...

Uyghurs: Yes, It Is a Genocide. A New Report
Uyghurs: Yes, It Is a Genocide. A New Report

Campaign for Uyghurs, chaired by Ms. Rushan Abbas, offers evidence of the criminal policies of the CCP, and calls for an international trial. by Marco Respinti How do you call the planned, intenti

Chinese Activists Mark Liu Xiaobo's Death Alone, Silently
Chinese Activists Mark Liu Xiaobo's Death Alone, Silently

In the three years since the death in prison of Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, the ruling Chinese Communist Party has succeeded in suppressing free speech and public dissent to unprecedented levels,...

China Levels Retaliatory Sanctions on US Officials Over Xinjiang Measures
China Levels Retaliatory Sanctions on US Officials Over Xinjiang Measures

Beijing announced sanctions Monday on U.S. officials and a government agency in retaliation for ones leveled last week by the Trump administration against Chinese officials deemed responsible for ...

Afraid to Seek Medical Care, Believer on the Run Dies
Afraid to Seek Medical Care, Believer on the Run Dies

For runaway Church of Almighty God members, seeking medical care means being found by the state. Many are arrested in hospitals; others die of untreated illnesses. by Yang Luguang Wang Ping

Journalists, Free Speech Activists 'at Risk of Dying' in Chinese Jails
Journalists, Free Speech Activists 'at Risk of Dying' in Chinese Jails

At least 10 free-speech activists are at risk of dying behind bars in China, a Paris-based press freedom group said on Friday, as the authorities continued their crackdown on online speech across ...

Uyghur Traditional Houses Destroyed by the CCP: Another Tool of Cultural Genocide
Uyghur Traditional Houses Destroyed by the CCP: Another Tool of Cultural Genocide

A fascinating study by Timothy Grose shows how the “Three News” brutal campaign in Xinjiang is transforming domestic spaces to eradicate Uyghur identity. by Massimo Introvigne I learned long ago...

Rights Lawyer Sues Over Torture, Humiliation in China's Tianjin
Rights Lawyer Sues Over Torture, Humiliation in China's Tianjin

Chinese human rights attorney Wang Quanzhang, who recently served a four-and-a-half-year jail term for "subversion," has filed an official complaint against his treatment at the hands of law enfor...

WHO Team Heads to China to Investigate COVID-19 Origins
WHO Team Heads to China to Investigate COVID-19 Origins

The World Health Organization (WHO) says its two-man advance team left for China Friday to establish the ground work for an investigation into the origins of COVID-19 that sparked the global pande...

US State Department Hits CCP Officials Responsible for Atrocities in Xinjiang
US State Department Hits CCP Officials Responsible for Atrocities in Xinjiang

One of them is Mr. Chen Quanguo, the CCP Secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. His indictment is the first step in the application of the “Global Magnitsky Act” by Marco Respinti We

Australia Suspends Extradition Treaty with Hong Kong   
Australia Suspends Extradition Treaty with Hong Kong   

Australia is suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in response to the new national security law imposed on the city by China. In announcing the move Thursday, Prime Minister Scott Mo...

TikTok to Exit Hong Kong Market Over New National Security Law
TikTok to Exit Hong Kong Market Over New National Security Law

TikTok, the popular short-form video app, says it will exit the Hong Kong market in response to the new national security law for the semi-autonomous city recently enacted by Beijing. A spokesman f...

Church of Almighty God Members Tortured for Their Faith
Church of Almighty God Members Tortured for Their Faith

In China, dissidents and members of banned religious groups are often subjected to torture while in detention. Two believers share their stories. by Yang Luguang As Bitter Winter has repeatedly re

Chinese Academic Xu Zhangrun, Who Criticized Xi Jinping, Has Been Arrested
Chinese Academic Xu Zhangrun, Who Criticized Xi Jinping, Has Been Arrested

The prominent law professor has been accused of “seeking out prostitutes,” a frequent pretext to detain opponents of the CCP by Massimo Introvigne Xu Zhangrun (許章潤 ), born in 1962,is a profess

Hong Kong is a 'City in Danger' Under Security Law, According to Its Journalists
Hong Kong is a 'City in Danger' Under Security Law, According to Its Journalists

Hong Kong's promised freedoms are now in danger, as the ruling Chinese Communist Party imposes a draconian security law on the city and the local authorities announce sweeping new powers to enforc...

Police in Beijing Detain Outspoken Chinese Law Professor
Police in Beijing Detain Outspoken Chinese Law Professor

Authorities in the Chinese capital have detained an outspoken law professor who called for political reforms. Xu Zhangrun, law professor at Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University, was taken ...

Pope Francis and China: A Vatican Mystery and a Proposal
Pope Francis and China: A Vatican Mystery and a Proposal

Allegedly, on July 5 a paragraph of a pre-written speech by the Pope where he supported freedom in Hong Kong was not read by Francis. To avoid further wild speculations, the Vatican may publish the te

Hong Kong Law, Meet the New Special Secret Anti-Dissident Agencies
Hong Kong Law, Meet the New Special Secret Anti-Dissident Agencies

The National Security Law creates four new bodies with practically unlimited powers, and no accountability except to the CCP government in Beijing. by Massimo Introvigne Notwithstanding th

Canada Suspends Extradition Treaty with Hong Kong
Canada Suspends Extradition Treaty with Hong Kong

Canada suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong Friday after local authorities moved swiftly to implement China’s new security law in the territory. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudea...

Millions of Taiwanese Could be at Risk From China's Draconian Security Law: DPP
Millions of Taiwanese Could be at Risk From China's Draconian Security Law: DPP

A top official in Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has warned the island's 23 million residents to think carefully before traveling to Hong Kong or China in the wake of Hong Kong's d...

Numerous Mosques ‘Sinicized’ Amid the Pandemic
Numerous Mosques ‘Sinicized’ Amid the Pandemic

Threatening and intimidating Muslims, the CCP implemented forced rectifications of mosques in Hui-populated areas in Henan, Hebei, and Ningxia. by Huang Xin The central province of Henan, with a l

China Puts Hardliner in Charge of Hong Kong's New State Security Operation
China Puts Hardliner in Charge of Hong Kong's New State Security Operation

The ruling Chinese Communist Party on Friday appointed a former mayor who cracked down on the rebel village of Wukan to head its national security office in Hong Kong. China's cabinet, the Stat...

US Senate Passes Bill Targeting Entities Over China's Hong Kong Security Law
US Senate Passes Bill Targeting Entities Over China's Hong Kong Security Law

The U.S. Senate approved a bill Thursday that would penalize individuals or companies for conducting business with Chinese officials responsible for implementing Beijing’s new national security law on...

Hundreds of Policemen Sent to Demolish Buddhist Temples
Hundreds of Policemen Sent to Demolish Buddhist Temples

The Chinese government continues stepping up efforts to suppress religions by demolishing places of worship. by Shen Xinran The Shengquan Temple in Yi county under the jurisdiction of Baoding city

Hong Kong Police Make First Arrests Under New Beijing-Imposed Security Law
Hong Kong Police Make First Arrests Under New Beijing-Imposed Security Law

Hong Kong police made their first arrests Wednesday under a new national security law imposed by China’s central government. A man and a woman holding Hong Kong independence signs were arrested in ...

Uyghurs Subject to Mass Sterilization: A New CCP Crime Against Humanity
Uyghurs Subject to Mass Sterilization: A New CCP Crime Against Humanity

A new study by Adrian Zenz proves that Muslim women in Xinjiang are massively subjected to forced abortion, sterilized, and fitted with IUDs. by Ruth Ingram Mass sterilization can now be added

Hong Kong's Security Law Takes Effect as China Unveils Sweeping Definitions
Hong Kong's Security Law Takes Effect as China Unveils Sweeping Definitions

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday signed a presidential order to impose draconian security legislation on Hong Kong, with effect from 11.00 p.m. local time, an hour before the July 1 handove...

Poverty Alleviation—Yet Another Tool to Control Xinjiang
Poverty Alleviation—Yet Another Tool to Control Xinjiang

In the name of fighting poverty, the CCP moves impoverished households from across China to Xinjiang, while sends Uyghurs to other provinces for forced labor. by Hu Ke Last July, the government of

Experts: New National Security Law Likely to Expand China's Control Over Hong Kong
Experts: New National Security Law Likely to Expand China's Control Over Hong Kong

China’s top law-making body is expected to pass a sweeping national security law for Hong Kong on Tuesday – a move that many critics and ordinary Hong Kongers fear will empower the Communist Party to ...

Islamic Symbols Removed from 300+ Hui-Run Businesses in Yunnan
Islamic Symbols Removed from 300+ Hui-Run Businesses in Yunnan

Star-and-crescent and other symbols, also writings in Arabic, are purged from shops and restaurants, as the CCP enforces its plan to “sinicize” China’s Muslims. by Hu Ke To achieve its five-year (

US Highlights Uyghur Detention Camps in International Torture Victim Message
US Highlights Uyghur Detention Camps in International Torture Victim Message

The United States highlighted the detention of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in China in remarks honoring worldwide victims of torture Friday, as Uyghur and Tibetan rights groups called on t...

Facebook Twitter China: National security law for Hong Kong risks turning city into police state
Facebook Twitter China: National security law for Hong Kong risks turning city into police state

China’s national security law for Hong Kong will put everybody in the city at risk of arbitrary detention and unfair trial unless underpinned by measures to guarantee protection of human rights, Amnes...

Must ‘Study Xi’ to Have a Future
Must ‘Study Xi’ to Have a Future

Young people across China are subjected to patriotic education. Those who refuse to undergo it are in danger of losing opportunities to study or get good jobs. by Tang Zhe On June 15, the birthday

After Forced Demolitions, Farmers Left with No Means to Survive
After Forced Demolitions, Farmers Left with No Means to Survive

Amid the economic downturn, the CCP deprives farmers of their primary sources of income by destroying pig sheds and gardens. by Lin Yijiang On March 10, amid the peak of the coronavirus outbreak i

‘The Price of My Studies Abroad Was Very High’: Uyghur Former Al Azhar University
‘The Price of My Studies Abroad Was Very High’: Uyghur Former Al Azhar University

Nurehmet Burhan, who was born and raised in Korla (in Chinese, Kuerle), a county-level city in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region’s (XUAR) Bayin’gholin Mongol (Bayinguoleng Menggu) Autonomous P...

Canada's Trudeau Rejects Pressure to Release Huawei Executive
Canada's Trudeau Rejects Pressure to Release Huawei Executive

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Thursday rejected calls from former Canadian parliamentarians and diplomats, as well as the Chinese government, to release executive Meng Wanzhou of China's ...

CCP Moves Against Mongolian Language in Inner Mongolia
CCP Moves Against Mongolian Language in Inner Mongolia

Mongolian identity and culture are being slowly and silently attacked in what Mongols prefer to call Southern Mongolia. The world needs to pay attention. by Massimo Introvigne Classes in Mongo

‘The Tools Are Available to The Administration’ to Press China on Uyghurs: US Religious Freedom Envoy
‘The Tools Are Available to The Administration’ to Press China on Uyghurs: US Religious Freedom Envoy

Sam Brownback is a lawyer, former United States Senator and former governor of the state of Kansas who has served as the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom since February...

Mantas Adomėnas: Why Parliamentarians in the World Unite Against the CCP
Mantas Adomėnas: Why Parliamentarians in the World Unite Against the CCP

A member of the Lithuanian Parliament, Adomėnas is one of the co-chairs of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC). He tells us why such an alliance is needed. by Massimo Introvigne L

China's Virus Tracking Technology Sparks Privacy Concerns
China's Virus Tracking Technology Sparks Privacy Concerns

While battling a new cluster of COVID-19 infections, authorities in Beijing have been quick to make use of geo-spatial information, collected through mobile tracking devices in people’s smartphones to...

Tibet: The CCP Launches a Campaign Against Prayer Flags
Tibet: The CCP Launches a Campaign Against Prayer Flags

Nothing is more typical of Tibetan culture and religion than religious banners. They are now being taken down, village after village, as persecution of religion escalates. by Massimo Introvigne

Christian Ding Baoying Tortured to Death by CCP in a Detention Center
Christian Ding Baoying Tortured to Death by CCP in a Detention Center

Ding Baoying (alias: Chen Yun), female, born on June 25, 1954, was a native of Qiqihar City in Heilongjiang Province, China and later in 1994 relocated to Tangshan City in Hebei Province. In 1987, she...

Hong Kong and China: Will the European Union Support Human Rights?
Hong Kong and China: Will the European Union Support Human Rights?

Contradictory signals from Brussels. An excellent pro-Hong-Kong resolution has been passed, but the office of the Special Envoy for religious freedom in the world has been canceled by Marco Respinti

CCP Persecution Worsens Medical Condition of 21-year-old Christian Liu Jun, Who Dies From Delayed Treatment
CCP Persecution Worsens Medical Condition of 21-year-old Christian Liu Jun, Who Dies From Delayed Treatment

Liu Jun (alias), male, born in 1998, a resident of Jiangxi Province, joined The Church of Almighty God (CAG) in 2015. He was always a mature, obedient child who was loyal and honest. In July 2018, he ...

Tibet, Tibetan Refugees and the Way Ahead
Tibet, Tibetan Refugees and the Way Ahead

While we celebrate the World Refugee Day, a Tibetan scholar reflects on the history and resilience of 150,000 Tibetan refugees living in exile. by Tsewang Gyalpo Arya June 20, 2020 is World Refu...

The Church of Almighty God Refugees: Remember Them on World Refugee Day
The Church of Almighty God Refugees: Remember Them on World Refugee Day

The world remembers refugees. Do not forget the asylum seekers who were persecuted and tortured in China for their faith. by Rosita Šorytė International legal scholars have noted that the worl

Beijing Pressures Critics as Pandemic Returns
Beijing Pressures Critics as Pandemic Returns

As Beijing moves to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, authorities have clamped down on citizen journalists. The outbreak detected at a market in the capital last week has led to ...

Over 90 Church of Almighty God Members Arrested in 2 Days
Over 90 Church of Almighty God Members Arrested in 2 Days

Arrests were made in May during unified operations in Shanxi Province’s Linfen city after targets were tracked and monitored using mass surveillance systems. by Zhang Feng On May 16, a unified arr

China Orders Prayer Flags Taken Down in Tibet in an Assault on Culture, Faith
China Orders Prayer Flags Taken Down in Tibet in an Assault on Culture, Faith

Chinese authorities in Tibet have ordered the destruction of prayer flags in many parts of the region in one of China’s most direct assaults to date on visible symbols of Tibetan culture and relig...

Is the UK Finally Standing Up for Hong Kong?
Is the UK Finally Standing Up for Hong Kong?

After Years of Weak Rhetoric, London Signals Firmer Policy Towards Beijing In recent weeks, the United Kingdom’s “golden relationship” with China has begun to lose its luster. The UK has joined ...

CCP Post-George-Floyd Propaganda: Chinese Netizens Strike Back
CCP Post-George-Floyd Propaganda: Chinese Netizens Strike Back

Enough is enough: even Chinese social media users tell the CCP that at least in the United States you can protest police brutality. In China, those who protest go to jail, or worse. by Han Sheng

“Welfare for Autocrats”: How China Uses Welfare as a Tool for Surveillance
“Welfare for Autocrats”: How China Uses Welfare as a Tool for Surveillance

A new book by Jennifer Pan shows how the CCP, under the pretext of “elimination of poverty,” uses its “Dibao” livelihood guarantee program to better watch over political and religious dissidents. by

Christian Died of Lung Cancer Caused by CCP’s Mistreatment in Detention in Zhejiang
Christian Died of Lung Cancer Caused by CCP’s Mistreatment in Detention in Zhejiang

Zhang Meijuan (alias), a female born in 1973, was a resident of Zhejiang Province. She was a Christian from The Church of Almighty God (CAG). Because of her faith, she was arrested and detained by the...

Uyghur Women Persecuted: Will the Feminists Support Them?
Uyghur Women Persecuted: Will the Feminists Support Them?

Uyghur women are raped, compelled to marry Han Chinese, detained in the dreaded transformation through education camps, and killed. Why do Western feminists ignore their tragedy? by Rushan Abbas ...

Mistreatment and Forced Labor in Custody Deteriorate Condition of Ill Christians
Mistreatment and Forced Labor in Custody Deteriorate Condition of Ill Christians

After some seriously ill Christians are arrested and detained because of their faith, they are not only deprived of rights to medical care, but are subjected to maltreatment and forced labor. “One ...

US Lawmakers Call For Answers on Zoom Shut-down of Dissident Accounts
US Lawmakers Call For Answers on Zoom Shut-down of Dissident Accounts

More than a dozen U.S. lawmakers took Zoom to task and demanded detailed explanation Friday after the California-based teleconferencing company admitted to suspending the accounts of three Chinese...

Protestant House Church Raided For Second Time in China's Xiamen
Protestant House Church Raided For Second Time in China's Xiamen

Authorities in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen have raided a Protestant house church for the second time in two months, RFA has learned. Uniformed urban management police, or chengguan,...

For China’s Rights Defenders, Fighting the State Leads to Prison
For China’s Rights Defenders, Fighting the State Leads to Prison

A law that the CCP uses widely to silence those protesting its autocratic rule lists 32 instances when petitioning the government may result in hefty sentences. by Han Sheng Numerous media outlets

U.S. Department of State’s Religious Freedom Report: The CCP Routinely Abuses, Tortures, and Kills Members of All Religions
U.S. Department of State’s Religious Freedom Report: The CCP Routinely Abuses, Tortures, and Kills Members of All Religions

The most comprehensive official document ever published on religious persecution in China quotes Bitter Winter 74 times. by Massimo Introvigne Sobering but enlightening reading In China, religi

Hong Kong to Prosecute Media Mogul Jimmy Lai, Organizers Over Tiananmen Vigil
Hong Kong to Prosecute Media Mogul Jimmy Lai, Organizers Over Tiananmen Vigil

Authorities in Hong Kong will prosecute four prominent pro-democracy figures including media mogul Jimmy Lai for their involvement in a public commemoration of the Tiananmen massacre anniversary o...

COVID-19: Perhaps It Was Around Since August 2019—and the CCP Knew It
COVID-19: Perhaps It Was Around Since August 2019—and the CCP Knew It

A new study by Harvard Medical School crossed satellite images and Internet queries to come to this dreadful conclusion. by Marco Respinti We at Bitter Winter have been among the first to rais

Riot Police Charge at Protesters Marking First Anniversary of Hong Kong Anti-Government Movement
Riot Police Charge at Protesters Marking First Anniversary of Hong Kong Anti-Government Movement

Riot police officers charged at thousands of protesters who defied a police ban to mark the first anniversary of the city’s anti-government movement on Tuesday evening. People began gathering at th...

China’s Health Codes Increase Population Surveillance
China’s Health Codes Increase Population Surveillance

The CCP regime enforced mobile apps to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which will likely outlive the pandemic and will be used to expand automated social control. by Lin Yijiang China’s health cod

Hong Kong Protests Seen as 'Threat to National Security': China
Hong Kong Protests Seen as 'Threat to National Security': China

The ruling Chinese Communist Party is imposing a draconian new sedition and subversion law on Hong Kong because Beijing views recent protests in the city as a threat to national security, a top offici...

Crosses Taken off 26 Three-Self Churches in a Jiangxi County
Crosses Taken off 26 Three-Self Churches in a Jiangxi County

As soon as coronavirus lockdowns were lifted, government officials in Duchang county resumed crackdown campaigns on places of worship. by Wang Yong As reported by Bitter Winter, numerous state-run

In Hong Kong, the Spirit of Tiananmen Lives On
In Hong Kong, the Spirit of Tiananmen Lives On

Challenging the CCP’s prohibition, a massive democratic crowd gathered in Victoria Park on June 4. Bitter Winter publishes exclusive images of what happened. by Marco Respinti Safety measures agai

Tiananmen Mothers Win 'Women of Courage' Award on Massacre Anniversary
Tiananmen Mothers Win 'Women of Courage' Award on Massacre Anniversary

Relatives of those who died in the 1989 massacre that ended weeks of mass, student-led protests on Beijing's Tiananmen Square have been awarded a Women of Courage Award by the State Department on the ...

Truth About Epidemic Hidden Behind ‘Positive Energy’ News
Truth About Epidemic Hidden Behind ‘Positive Energy’ News

China’s propaganda agencies busily create “warm news,” propagating “personal sacrifice” and “government’s achievements,” to manipulate public opinion. by Bai Lin With the subsiding coronav

Tiananmen Mothers Call on Beijing to Make Public Details of 1989 Massacre
Tiananmen Mothers Call on Beijing to Make Public Details of 1989 Massacre

Relatives of people killed in Beijing when Chinese leaders deployed People's Liberation Army (PLA) tanks and machine guns to end several weeks of student-led protests on Tiananmen Square in 1989 h...

Hong Kong Tiananmen Vigil Officially Banned
Hong Kong Tiananmen Vigil Officially Banned

HONG KONG - Hong Kong police on Monday formally banned an annual candlelit vigil to mourn the victims of the crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy movement that has taken place uninterrupt...

Attorney Mark Tarrant: Fighting for Drew Pavlou, Against the CCP’s “Nazi Tactics”
Attorney Mark Tarrant: Fighting for Drew Pavlou, Against the CCP’s “Nazi Tactics”

The Australian lawyer who represents the student expelled from University of Queensland in his lawsuit against the Chinese Consul-General in Brisbane speaks out. by Massimo Introvigne Mark Tar

China Steps up Propaganda in Support of National Security Law For Hong Kong
China Steps up Propaganda in Support of National Security Law For Hong Kong

The ruling Chinese Communist Party stepped up its international propaganda drive with a celebrity signature campaign in support of draconian sedition laws for Hong Kong, as the city's police banne...

China’s Religious Persecution Wrecks People’s Lives
China’s Religious Persecution Wrecks People’s Lives

Following CCP’s relentless crackdowns against The Church of Almighty God, numerous families are shattered as their loved ones are sent to prison for their faith. by Deng Changlin  The Office o

Hong Kong, the darkest hour has yet to come
Hong Kong, the darkest hour has yet to come

Bitter Winter publishes exclusive footage of the police repression. “Is there any country welcoming Hong Kong people now?” by Marco Respinti On May 28, China imposed a new security law on Hong Kon

The Xinjiang Class: How the CCP Tries to “Convert” the Uyghurs—and Fails
The Xinjiang Class: How the CCP Tries to “Convert” the Uyghurs—and Fails

A book by Timothy Grose examines Beijing’s project of taking Uyghur students to boarding schools far away from Xinjiang to “sinicize” them. by Massimo Introvigne “Ethnic engineering” has long

Tibetan Students, State Workers Barred From Religious Events in Lhasa
Tibetan Students, State Workers Barred From Religious Events in Lhasa

Chinese authorities are closely watching government employees and students in Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa during the Buddhist holy month of Saga Dawa, forbidding them from participating in traditio...

Hong Kong: What Is Really Happening
Hong Kong: What Is Really Happening

British expert Benedict Rogers tells Bitter Winter how China is moving to destroy Hong Kong’s basic freedoms – and what we can do about it. by Massimo Introvigne Benedict Rogers, a London-base

300+ Police Officers Demolish a Tibetan Buddhist Temple
300+ Police Officers Demolish a Tibetan Buddhist Temple

The CCP continues to impose severe restrictions on religious practices of Tibetan Buddhists, destroying temples and eliminating traditional symbols across China. by Lu Xiaojing To prevent the spre

Hong Kong is ‘No Longer Autonomous,’ Pompeo Tells US Congress After China Intervention
Hong Kong is ‘No Longer Autonomous,’ Pompeo Tells US Congress After China Intervention

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday he had told the U.S. Congress that Beijing’s imposition of a draconian national security law in Hong Kong show that the former British colony is not a...

Members of Banned Churches Imprisoned, Some for 15 Years
Members of Banned Churches Imprisoned, Some for 15 Years

Believers who resist being managed by China’s communist regime are often arrested and interrogated, despite their elderly age and declining health. by Lu An Many Christian groups in China

Scarred for Life: Interrogated, Tortured, Imprisoned
Scarred for Life: Interrogated, Tortured, Imprisoned

A member of The Church of Almighty God, arrested for his faith, was tortured for six days before he was sentenced to six years in prison. by Deng Changlin Zhao Gang (pseudonym), a member of The Ch

“Inside The Church of Almighty God”: A New Book Tells It Like It Is
“Inside The Church of Almighty God”: A New Book Tells It Like It Is

Oxford University Press publishes Massimo Introvigne’s survey of the most persecuted religious movement in China by Ruth Ingram Viciously persecuted, tortured and slandered by a catalogue of s

Riot Police Fire Tear Gas, Water Cannon at Angry Hong Kong Crowds
Riot Police Fire Tear Gas, Water Cannon at Angry Hong Kong Crowds

Hong Kong police fired tear gas, water cannon and pepper balls at separate groups totaling thousands of people who came out in protest at plans by the ruling Chinese Communist Party in Beijing to ...

China's Push to Impose National Security Law in Hong Kong Draws Fire from Critics, Locals
China's Push to Impose National Security Law in Hong Kong Draws Fire from Critics, Locals

HONG KONG - China’s plan to impose a national security law on Hong Kong to prevent and punish acts of “secession, subversion or terrorism activities” that threaten national security has drawn fire...

CCP Stepping Up the Pace of Uyghur Forced Labor into Inner China
CCP Stepping Up the Pace of Uyghur Forced Labor into Inner China

Beijing is ramping up transfers of Uyghurs into forced labor outside of their region, according to an Australian think tank set up to probe human rights violations in Xinjiang. by Ruth Ingram

China: Dangerous national security law plan is fundamental attack on human rights in Hong Kong
China: Dangerous national security law plan is fundamental attack on human rights in Hong Kong

Responding to the Chinese government’s proposal to enact new national security legislation for Hong Kong, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and South East Asia, Joshua Rosenzwe...

Extradition Treaty That Could Deport Uyghurs From Turkey to China Faces Uncertainty in Ankara
Extradition Treaty That Could Deport Uyghurs From Turkey to China Faces Uncertainty in Ankara

An extradition treaty that could be used to forcibly deport Uyghurs from Turkey to China where they are at risk of persecution faces an uncertain fate in parliament, according to Turkish oppositio...

Churches with Foreign Ties Suppressed, Pastors Deported
Churches with Foreign Ties Suppressed, Pastors Deported

The CCP treats any link the Chinese believers have with abroad as “foreign infiltration” that threatens its regime. Any such tie is investigated and severed. by Li Mingxuan Last year, the 

China Gears Up to 'Perfect Hong Kong's Legal System' With Draconian Security Law
China Gears Up to 'Perfect Hong Kong's Legal System' With Draconian Security Law

China on Thursday said it was gearing up to "perfect the legal system" of Hong Kong with national security legislation that will outlaw speech and actions considered subversive, pro-independence o...

The Fight for Hong Kong
The Fight for Hong Kong

By Gina Goh On November 17, 2019, Hong Kong police laid siege to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. As a result, the once peaceful univer­sity was trans­formed into a battlefield, trapping m...

China’s Social Media Platforms—Tools of Religious Persecution
China’s Social Media Platforms—Tools of Religious Persecution

The Chinese government is using WeChat, a popular multi-purpose social media and messaging app, for mass surveillance, including to monitor people of faith. by Wan Zixin In July 2019, the poli

With Lockdown Lifted, Crackdowns on Churches Intensify
With Lockdown Lifted, Crackdowns on Churches Intensify

The minute coronavirus prevention restrictions were eased, state-run churches in Jiangxi Province felt the resurgence of onslaughts. Many were closed for good. by Zhang Feng During one week in Apr

Teachers Forced to Renounce Faith, Become CCP’s Political Pawns
Teachers Forced to Renounce Faith, Become CCP’s Political Pawns

To warrant “proper” indoctrination of students, China’s regime probes and punishes religious teachers, ensures that not a single faith-related word is said in class. by Han Sheng A kindergarten te

25 Years After ‘Disappearing’ Tibetan Panchen Lama, China Is No Nearer to Its Goal
25 Years After ‘Disappearing’ Tibetan Panchen Lama, China Is No Nearer to Its Goal

May 17 marks 25 years since Chinese security forces took away a 6-year-old Tibetan child, Gendun Choeki Nyima, and his parents from a remote town in Tibet. They have not been heard from since. Tod...

China Anti-Crime Campaign in Tibet Used to Punish Critics, Dalai Lama Supporters: HRW
China Anti-Crime Campaign in Tibet Used to Punish Critics, Dalai Lama Supporters: HRW

A campaign launched two years ago by Chinese authorities in Tibet to combat crime is also targeting political dissidents, critics of corruption, and activists promoting use of the Tibetan language...

China’s Muslims Forced to Eat Pork During Ramadan
China’s Muslims Forced to Eat Pork During Ramadan

The CCP continues to eliminate Muslim culture and Islamic faith by prohibiting people from observing traditional practices during the holy month of Ramadan. by Yuan Wei A government inside

Uyghurs Urge Other States to Copy US Sanctions Bill For Chinese XUAR Abuses
Uyghurs Urge Other States to Copy US Sanctions Bill For Chinese XUAR Abuses

The U.S. Senate passed a bill Thursday that would sanction Chinese government officials responsible for arbitrary incarceration, forced labor and other abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,...

Prisoners of Faith Forced to Make Goods for Foreign Markets
Prisoners of Faith Forced to Make Goods for Foreign Markets

A member of The Church of Almighty God recounts her experience serving a five-year sentence for her faith in prison where she was subjected to forced labor. by Yuan Wei A member of The Chu

CAG Members Arrested and Tortured During Lockdown
CAG Members Arrested and Tortured During Lockdown

Members of The Church of Almighty God recount their ordeals trying to evade CCP’s persecution amid the coronavirus outbreak. by Yang Guang’an The Church of Almighty God (CAG), the single most-

‘Losing Him Has Been an Attack on Our People’: Remembering Uyghur Religious Teacher Abdulahad Mahsum
‘Losing Him Has Been an Attack on Our People’: Remembering Uyghur Religious Teacher Abdulahad Mahsum

Abdulahad Mahsum was a prominent Uyghur religious figure who died in 2018 while detained at one of the vast system of internment camps in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR)...

Released Chinese Rights Lawyer Will Try to Overturn Conviction
Released Chinese Rights Lawyer Will Try to Overturn Conviction

Released Chinese rights attorney Wang Quanzhang says he plans to take legal action to overturn his subversion conviction, for which he served nearly five years in prison. Wang was reunited with...

Mass Surveillance and 5G in Tibet: Between Oppression and Espionage
Mass Surveillance and 5G in Tibet: Between Oppression and Espionage

Tibetans are continuously controlled through camera networks and artificial intelligence. Now, Huawei’s highest 5G base station on Mount Everest will also favor international cyber-espionage. by Tenz

Virus and the Chinese Dream: The CCP Wants to Watch All Citizens 24/7—and You Too
Virus and the Chinese Dream: The CCP Wants to Watch All Citizens 24/7—and You Too

While we discuss data, 5G, and tracing apps, a book by Kai Strittmatter on how the CCP dreams to keep the entire world under surveillance may help. by Massimo Introvigne A timely book The

The Police Region of Xinjiang: Checkpoints, Camps, and Fear
The Police Region of Xinjiang: Checkpoints, Camps, and Fear

Police officers from inland China, who worked in Xinjiang, disclose details of control measures employed by the CCP to suppress Uyghur Muslims. by Chang Xin  “There are security checkpoints ever...

Hong Kong: Small Protests Renew Calls for Autonomy
Hong Kong: Small Protests Renew Calls for Autonomy

Police pursued pro-democracy protesters in shopping malls in Hong Kong Sunday, after permission for a Mother’s Day march was denied. As the coronavirus outbreak subsides in Hong Kong, more proteste...

Fighting the Pandemic at the Cost of Human Rights
Fighting the Pandemic at the Cost of Human Rights

The CCP claims to have won a “great victory” against COVID-19 thanks to “great leadership” and the socialist system. Those who took part in the fight disagree. by Han Sheng  Amid the coronavirus p

'Don't Forget Chen Qiushi,' Friend of Chinese Journalist Says
'Don't Forget Chen Qiushi,' Friend of Chinese Journalist Says

A friend of Chen Qiushi, who reported on Hong Kong democracy protests and COVID-19 before going missing February 6, has urged the world to not forget the citizen journalist's plight. Chen had b...

Shouters’ Members Arrested, Preacher Imprisoned for His Faith
Shouters’ Members Arrested, Preacher Imprisoned for His Faith

Believers of this banned Christian group suffer severe persecution and are often sent to jail, where they are indoctrinated and subjected to forced labor. by Li Mingxuan Religious groups that

Sentencing, Arrest of Activists Are Signs of China's Unrelenting Crackdown
Sentencing, Arrest of Activists Are Signs of China's Unrelenting Crackdown

China's recent sentencing of a blogger and its arrest of a veteran rights activist indicate that Beijing is determined to continue silencing any critics of the ruling party and government. Liu ...

Australian University Sets Expulsion Hearing Date For Student Critical of China's Communist Party
Australian University Sets Expulsion Hearing Date For Student Critical of China's Communist Party

An Australian student threatened with expulsion after he was highly critical of Beijing has been warned that he could also be removed from the University of Queensland (UQ)'s student senate later ...

Tibetan Man Dies After Years of Ill Health Following Torture in Prison
Tibetan Man Dies After Years of Ill Health Following Torture in Prison

A former Tibetan political prisoner has died after suffering years of poor health following his release from a prison term served for challenging Chinese rule in Tibetan areas, Tibetan sources say...

Numerous State-Run Church Venues Shut Down in Late 2019
Numerous State-Run Church Venues Shut Down in Late 2019

The government harassed these Protestant places of worship on a variety of pretexts: from “disturbing neighbors” to “supporting protests in Hong Kong.” by Ye Ling The Religious Affairs Bureau of F

‘What Are They Trying To Hide?’ Uyghurs Ask of China's Media Curbs in Xinjiang
‘What Are They Trying To Hide?’ Uyghurs Ask of China's Media Curbs in Xinjiang

China’s tightening curbs on media and speech freedoms compound the hardships of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), where authorities stop at nothing to prevent reporting on the c...

Xinjiang Students Mandated to Love CCP, Resist ‘US Interference’
Xinjiang Students Mandated to Love CCP, Resist ‘US Interference’

Universities hold allegiance ceremonies for teachers and students, make them criticize countries that raise concerns over the mistreatment of Uyghurs. by Chang Xin A student from inland Ch

Chinese Authorities Torment Activist’s Dying Mother
Chinese Authorities Torment Activist’s Dying Mother

Government Should End Harassment Immediately Chinese authorities have trumpeted their success in combating the Covid-19 pandemic, asserting their deep commitments to health care and the rule of law...

US Religious Freedoms Panel Urges Sanctions on China Over Violations in Xinjiang
US Religious Freedoms Panel Urges Sanctions on China Over Violations in Xinjiang

A U.S. bipartisan commission called on Tuesday for sanctions against entities deemed responsible for the persecution of Muslims in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and for the coun...

Places of Worship Targeted During Coronavirus Outbreak
Places of Worship Targeted During Coronavirus Outbreak

As the deadly virus was spreading through China, the government continued cracking down on temples and churches, destroying buildings and harassing believers. by Li Pei On March 6, the Hall of Gre

Rights Group Details Litany of Police Violence, Abuses During Hong Kong Protests
Rights Group Details Litany of Police Violence, Abuses During Hong Kong Protests

A Hong Kong-based human rights group has detailed a litany of police violence and abuse of power during last year's protests in a report to the U.K. parliament, as sporadic protests continue in th...

73 CAG Members Sentenced to Prison in Hunan and Jiangsu
73 CAG Members Sentenced to Prison in Hunan and Jiangsu

The Church of Almighty God remains one of the primary targets of China’s religious persecution, as its members are given hefty sentences for practicing their faith. by Yang Guang’an  The Church of

House Church Pastor Arrested for Refusing to Join Three-Self Church
House Church Pastor Arrested for Refusing to Join Three-Self Church

04/27/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – ICC reports on April 14 that pastor Zhao Huaiguo, the founder of Bethel church, was arrested on April 2 in China’s Hunan province, after being ...

Emrati Princess Hend Faisal Al Qassimi Voices Rare Muslim Support For Persecuted Uyghurs
Emrati Princess Hend Faisal Al Qassimi Voices Rare Muslim Support For Persecuted Uyghurs

Princess Hend Faisal Al Qassimi, a member of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) royal family, took to Twitter on Sunday to issue a rare voice of support from the Muslim world for ethnic Uyghurs enduri...

Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Returns Home after Tortuous Journey
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Returns Home after Tortuous Journey

BEIJING - Chinese authorities allowed a leading human rights lawyer to reunite with his family late Monday, ending more than four years of detention, most of it without communications with his fri...

China: Free Covid-19 Activists, ‘Citizen Journalists’
China: Free Covid-19 Activists, ‘Citizen Journalists’

Arbitrary Detentions, ‘Disappearances,’ for Sharing Coronavirus Information (New York) – The Chinese authorities should immediately and unconditionally release five activists and citizen journalist...

China’s Appointment to UN Human Rights Council Panel Shocks the World
China’s Appointment to UN Human Rights Council Panel Shocks the World

China has been appointed as a member of a human rights council panel that plays an important role in picking human rights investigators who will be tasked with monitoring cases of enforced disappear...

CAG Christian Liu Hua, Paralyzed as a Result of Cruel Torture by CCP, Dies After Enduring a Prolonged Period of Harassment
CAG Christian Liu Hua, Paralyzed as a Result of Cruel Torture by CCP, Dies After Enduring a Prolonged Period of Harassment

Liu Hua (alias), born May 1950, was a man from Guyuan City in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. He began believing in the Lord Jesus in 1992 and then entered into The Church of Almighty God (CAG) in ...

Believers Tortured to Renounce Their Faith in Xinjiang’s Camps
Believers Tortured to Renounce Their Faith in Xinjiang’s Camps

Along with Muslims, members of The Church of Almighty God, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and other persecuted groups are also sent to internment camps for “transformation.” by Xiang Yi “In the camp

China Urged to Free Tibet’s Missing Panchen Lama on Eve of 31st Birthday
China Urged to Free Tibet’s Missing Panchen Lama on Eve of 31st Birthday

By Joshua Lipes On the eve of the Panchen Lama’s 31st birthday, religious freedom advocates called on China Friday to release the second most well-known religious figure in Tibet, believed to b...

U.N. Human Rights Council: More than 100 Organizations Protest China’s Selection as a Member of the Consultative Group
U.N. Human Rights Council: More than 100 Organizations Protest China’s Selection as a Member of the Consultative Group

Along with Venezuela, Pakistan, Eritrea and Qatar, China will serve one year in the exclusive body of five persons who will select United Nations human rights investigators. by Marco Respinti 

Interview: 'They Are Still Restricting My Freedom,' Says Lawyer Wang Quanzhang
Interview: 'They Are Still Restricting My Freedom,' Says Lawyer Wang Quanzhang

Chinese rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was released from Shandong's Linyi Prison at the end of a four-and-a-half year jail term handed down on Jan. 28, 2019 by the Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People'...

US Holocaust Museum Adds China to List of Case Studies Over Mass Internment of Uyghurs
US Holocaust Museum Adds China to List of Case Studies Over Mass Internment of Uyghurs

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHHM) on Thursday added China to its list of 15 country case studies for Beijing’s mass internment of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), ...

Two House Churches in China Raided by Local Authorities
Two House Churches in China Raided by Local Authorities

04/23/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – On April 19, a house church in China’s Xiamen, a city in southeastern Fujian province, was raided by local authorities during their Sunday serv...

Bitter Blow for Tibetan Mother-tongue Education
Bitter Blow for Tibetan Mother-tongue Education

Sichuan Authorities Announce Shift to Chinese Language Instruction In early April, schools in Ngawa [Ch.: Aba] prefecture, a largely Tibetan region of China’s Sichuan province, reopened following t...

Arabic Script, Islamic Symbols Ordered to Be Removed
Arabic Script, Islamic Symbols Ordered to Be Removed

Shops and restaurants run by Hui people across China are losing an integral part of Muslim cultural identity, as the CCP pushes forward its “sinicization” policy. by Wang Anyang In October 2019, o

Surveillance State Makes It Tough for Pro-Hong Kong Supporters in Canada
Surveillance State Makes It Tough for Pro-Hong Kong Supporters in Canada

  The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) maintains an extensive surveillance network in the West that identifies and monitors people who are considered a risk to the regime. A large number of t...

A Church in Zhengzhou Receives Written Decision of Disbandment
A Church in Zhengzhou Receives Written Decision of Disbandment

04/19/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – On April 13, a church in the capital of east-central China’s Henan province received a disbandment notice from the government, calling its religiou...

Released Chinese Lawyer Barred from Returning Home after Quarantine Period Ends
Released Chinese Lawyer Barred from Returning Home after Quarantine Period Ends

HONG KONG - A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer who was released two weeks ago after spending 4 ½  years in prison for subversion has been prohibited from reuniting with his family for the sec...

Australian Student Activist Faces Expulsion After Criticism From Chinese Diplomat
Australian Student Activist Faces Expulsion After Criticism From Chinese Diplomat

An Australian student is facing expulsion by the University of Queensland after he publicly questioned the school's close relationship with China and was termed an "anti-China separatist" by a Chi...

Hong Kong Police Arrest Martin Lee, 13 Other Pro-Democracy Figures
Hong Kong Police Arrest Martin Lee, 13 Other Pro-Democracy Figures

Police in Hong Kong arrested 14 pro-democracy figures on Saturday, including Democratic Party founder Martin Lee, rights lawyer Albert Ho and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, for "illegal assembly" in conn...

Refugees from The Church of Almighty God: Hope from the Italian Supreme Court
Refugees from The Church of Almighty God: Hope from the Italian Supreme Court

Two decisions canceled the refusal of asylum by courts in Milan, asking them to reconsider the applications. by Massimo Introvigne   In Italy, more than one thousand requests from asyl

Cross of Three-Self Church in Anhui Province Removed
Cross of Three-Self Church in Anhui Province Removed

04/17/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – On April 15, a state-sanctioned church’s cross was forcibly removed by the local authorities in China’s Anhui province. According to a video sha...

CCP Assimilates Uyghurs by Banning Their Culture and Religion
CCP Assimilates Uyghurs by Banning Their Culture and Religion

The Chinese government has been eradicating Xinjiang Uyghurs’ customs and traditions by prohibiting the use of their language, forcing them to eat pork. by Chang Xin Forced to eat pork A

Chinese Pastor Charged with Subversion of State Power
Chinese Pastor Charged with Subversion of State Power

House Church Pastor Arrested for Refusing to Join State-Vetted Church 04/14/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a house c...

A Guangzhou Christian from House Church Denied Residence Permit
A Guangzhou Christian from House Church Denied Residence Permit

04/13/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – An elder from a house church in China’s southeastern Guangzhou city has been repeatedly harassed by the local authorities, according to China Aid. ...

Crosses Removed from Numerous State-Run Protestant Churches
Crosses Removed from Numerous State-Run Protestant Churches

Though approved by the government, Three-Self churches are not guaranteed protection from the state, and they often become targets of religious persecution. by Zhang Wenshu Even the deadly coronav

In China, All Calls for Freedom Lead to Punishment
In China, All Calls for Freedom Lead to Punishment

The death of Li Wenliang, the whistleblower Wuhan doctor, stirred an online rebellion in China. But the regime promptly quashed people’s demands for free speech.

China’s Xunsiding Church Continues to be Monitored Despite COVID-19
China’s Xunsiding Church Continues to be Monitored Despite COVID-19

04/10/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Although it is true that due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the Chinese government seems to relax its surveillance of house churches due to change o...

Paving the Way for the Bible According to the CCP
Paving the Way for the Bible According to the CCP

Religious texts not approved by the state, including the Bible, are confiscated from churches and believers, replaced with socialist propaganda. by Zhang Feng During the second half of 2019, the C

Christians in Guangdong Indicted for Printing Children’s Bibles
Christians in Guangdong Indicted for Printing Children’s Bibles

Two Christians in Guangdong were arrested at the end of last year for printing children’s Bibles. Now they face charges and imprisonment.

Elderly and Gravely Ill Believers Tortured in China’s Prisons
Elderly and Gravely Ill Believers Tortured in China’s Prisons

Members of The Church of Almighty God are given lengthy prison sentences and are brutally pressured to give up their faith while in detention. by Deng Jie “I was forced to sit completely still

Tibetan Shopkeeper Freed After Serving 5 Years For Dalai Lama Photo
Tibetan Shopkeeper Freed After Serving 5 Years For Dalai Lama Photo

A Tibetan shopkeeper jailed for carrying a flag with a color photo of the Dalai Lama and other Tibetan figures at a festival in 2015 was released and returned to his family in Ngaba (in Chinese, A...

Lack of Answers Makes ‘Clear’ Missing Academics Are Detained in Xinjiang Camps: Exile Group
Lack of Answers Makes ‘Clear’ Missing Academics Are Detained in Xinjiang Camps: Exile Group

The fate of several missing Uyghur academics in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) remains a closely guarded secret, which members of the Uyghur exile community say makes “...

Growing Calls for China to Release Rights Lawyer from Compulsory Quarantine
Growing Calls for China to Release Rights Lawyer from Compulsory Quarantine

One day after his release from prison, Chinese rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang told friends that he is being watched by state agents — fueling calls at home and abroad for China to stop using the...

Horrific Reality of Serving in People’s Liberation Army
Horrific Reality of Serving in People’s Liberation Army

Soldiers share the memories of serving their country they wish to forget: hunting down Uyghurs, killing Tibetan monks, “selective” rescue of earthquake victims. by An Xin Suppressing Muslims in Xinj

China: Wang Quanzhang’s freedom an ‘illusion’ until government lifts ruthless restrictions
China: Wang Quanzhang’s freedom an ‘illusion’ until government lifts ruthless restrictions

Responding to the release of Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang after four and a half years in prison for “subverting state power”, Amnesty International’s China Researcher Doriane Lau sai...

‘Unpatriotic’ Catholic Churches Shut Down Across China
‘Unpatriotic’ Catholic Churches Shut Down Across China

The CCP continues to suppress places of worship that refuse to be governed by the state. by Zheng Jie Since the new Regulations on Religious Affairs came into force in 2018, the Catholic churches

Hong Kong Police Get to Decide When to Take Data From Arrestees' Phones
Hong Kong Police Get to Decide When to Take Data From Arrestees' Phones

Hong Kong's High Court ruled on Thursday that warrantless searches of arrestees' cell phones could go ahead, as long as a full account of the search was made. The decision overturned an October 201

Uyghur Health Workers Forced to Treat Virus Patients in Xinjiang’s Makeshift Quarantine Centers
Uyghur Health Workers Forced to Treat Virus Patients in Xinjiang’s Makeshift Quarantine Centers

Uyghur health workers from throughout one prefecture in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) are being forced to live in hotels in Ghulja (in Chinese, Yining) city set up as ...

Tibetan Father, Son Detained For Listening to Dalai Lama Teachings
Tibetan Father, Son Detained For Listening to Dalai Lama Teachings

An elderly Tibetan man and his son were detained in the Tibet Autonomous Region at the end of last year for listening to teachings by exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, RFA’s Tibetan service ...

House Church Pastor in Guangzhou Trapped at Home by the Authorities
House Church Pastor in Guangzhou Trapped at Home by the Authorities

03/29/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Pastor Ma Chao and his wife from the Guangfu house church in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, have not been able to step out from their community...

Funeral of Chinese Underground Bishop Restricted by the Government
Funeral of Chinese Underground Bishop Restricted by the Government

03/28/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – In the name of preventing the spread of Coronavirus, the Chinese government interfered the funeral arrangement for an elderly underground bisho...

HONG KONG IS NO LONGER THE SAME HONG KONG: TWO MILLION PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS AND RECORD HIGH POLICE BRUTALITY
HONG KONG IS NO LONGER THE SAME HONG KONG: TWO MILLION PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS AND RECORD HIGH POLICE BRUTALITY

Hong Kong used to be called the shining pearl of the East. The combination of Chinese traditional culture and the British rule of law made Hong Kong the world’s third biggest financial center. Dur...

‘Individual Lives Are The Price of The Ethnocide’: Son of Imprisoned Uyghur Comedian
‘Individual Lives Are The Price of The Ethnocide’: Son of Imprisoned Uyghur Comedian

Hidayet Musajan, a young Uyghur man living and studying in exile in Turkey, last spoke with his father, a well-known comedian in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) named Mu...

China’s Theology and Persecution
China’s Theology and Persecution

By Linda Burkle, PhD 2019 was a year marked by heightened surveillance and persecution of Christians in China.  According to China Aid, Christians living in President XI Jinping’s current regime ha...

China’s Weak Excuse to Block Investigations in Xinjiang
China’s Weak Excuse to Block Investigations in Xinjiang

Ambassador Claims ‘Unreasonable, Unnecessary Obstacles’ Prevent UN Visit When a journalist recently asked China’s ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai if the Chinese government would all...

Press Freedom in China Could Have Averted Pandemic: Report
Press Freedom in China Could Have Averted Pandemic: Report

The coronavirus epidemic may never have gone pandemic if journalists had been allowed to do their jobs rather than adhering to ruling Chinese Communist Party propaganda directives, a Paris-based press...

Uyghur Singer Rashida Dawut Sentenced to Prison Term by Xinjiang Authorities
Uyghur Singer Rashida Dawut Sentenced to Prison Term by Xinjiang Authorities

A Uyghur singer celebrated for her love ballads has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term for “separatism” following a secret trial in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR),...

Chinese Christians Caught Between Coronavirus and Persecution
Chinese Christians Caught Between Coronavirus and Persecution

03/23/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Despite the Chinese government’s claim that there are no new confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in the country, China is still very engulfed in...

Approved by the State but Not Allowed to Function
Approved by the State but Not Allowed to Function

While the CCP governs the Three-Self Church, many of its venues are not issued religious activity registration certificates and are subsequently stifled and shut. by Wang Anyang Since the new Regu

China Exonerates Late Whistleblowing Doctor Li Wenliang
China Exonerates Late Whistleblowing Doctor Li Wenliang

China has exonerated late whistleblowing doctor Li Wenliang, who was hauled in for questioning by police, who accused him of "spreading rumors" when he tried to alert the authorities about the eme...

Xinjiang County Sends Uyghur Camp Detainees to Prison, Interior of China
Xinjiang County Sends Uyghur Camp Detainees to Prison, Interior of China

All internment camp detainees in one county in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have been relocated to prisons or to parts of the country’s interior, according to a local pol...

Church of Almighty God Members Tortured in Xinjiang’s Camps
Church of Almighty God Members Tortured in Xinjiang’s Camps

The CCP indoctrinates believers to give up their faith through beatings, sleep and food deprivation, and other cruel physical and psychological means. by Xiang Yi Along with three million Uyghurs 

China: Reverse Ban on American Journalists
China: Reverse Ban on American Journalists

Reporters at Major US Outlets to be Expelled, Hong Kong Reporting Restricted (New York) – The Chinese government should immediately reverse its decision to expel reporters from three major US media...

Hong Kong Lawmakers Criticize 'Arbitrary' Arrests by Police
Hong Kong Lawmakers Criticize 'Arbitrary' Arrests by Police

Pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong say the city's police are continuing to make arbitrary arrests of citizens in the wake of protests against a planned coronavirus clinic in a Kowloon neighborhood. ...

“Abuses, torture, and killing”: U.S. Human Rights Report Denounces the CCP Regime
“Abuses, torture, and killing”: U.S. Human Rights Report Denounces the CCP Regime

The State Department’s new annual Human Rights Report denounces a staggering situation. Bitter Winter and its detained reporters are among those mentioned. by Marco Respinti On March 11, t

UN: Rights Body Needs to Step Up on Xinjiang Abuses
UN: Rights Body Needs to Step Up on Xinjiang Abuses

Hold China to Account; Seek Independent Investigation   (Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council should address the worsening human rights crisis in the Xinjiang region in northwester

Chinese Police Accuse Dissident Xu Zhiyong of Subversion: Source
Chinese Police Accuse Dissident Xu Zhiyong of Subversion: Source

China's state security police are investigating detained dissident Xu Zhiyong for subversion after detaining him in the city he fled to after calling on President Xi Jinping to resign. Xu, who ...

For China’s Religious Refugees, Coronavirus Brings More Gloom
For China’s Religious Refugees, Coronavirus Brings More Gloom

Not only do Church of Almighty God members face inhuman persecution at home. For those hoping to find safety abroad, refugee status is hindered by the virus. by Bai Shengyi He Jia fled to Italy ov

China Again in UN Hotseat Over Xinjiang Abuses
China Again in UN Hotseat Over Xinjiang Abuses

Rights Groups Grill Beijing on Turkic Muslim Detention Camps This week China found itself in the hotseat at the United Nations, where it was questioned about the more than one million Turkic Muslim...

Uyghur Mother, Daughter Handed Lengthy Sentences in Xinjiang Prison for Overseas Ties
Uyghur Mother, Daughter Handed Lengthy Sentences in Xinjiang Prison for Overseas Ties

The mother and daughter of a wealthy Uyghur family in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms related to their overseas connections, ac...

Persecuted Uyghurs’ Stories Mirror the Facts in Karakax List
Persecuted Uyghurs’ Stories Mirror the Facts in Karakax List

Accounts of one Uyghur woman’s family members locked up in Xinjiang’s internment camps support what is described in the recently leaked CCP’s secret document. by Chang Xin The so-called

Hong Kong police arrest pro-democracy media founder Jimmy Lai over illegal assembly
Hong Kong police arrest pro-democracy media founder Jimmy Lai over illegal assembly

Taipei, February 28, 2020--Authorities in Hong Kong should drop legal charges against Jimmy Lai, founder of Next Media, and stop harassing journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said to...

China: Uyghurs living abroad tell of campaign of intimidation
China: Uyghurs living abroad tell of campaign of intimidation

China is systematically harassing Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic groups even after they have left the country, according to new testimonies gathered by Amnesty International. The case studies,...

End The Persecution of The Church of Almighty God Now!
End The Persecution of The Church of Almighty God Now!

FAs representatives of NGOs, religious organizations, and citizens concerned about freedom of religion and belief and the dignity of every human being, we call the attention of the political authoriti...

The Ruined Lives of Church of Almighty God Devotees
The Ruined Lives of Church of Almighty God Devotees

The stories of two members of The Church of Almighty God who were harassed by the Chinese authorities in 2019. Two out of more than 32,000 last year’s cases. by Shen Xiang In October 2019, Mr.

23 Church of Almighty God Members Imprisoned in Shandong
23 Church of Almighty God Members Imprisoned in Shandong

The sentenced believers – aged from 17 to 78 – were prosecuted for making videos for the Church. Two among them will be kept behind bars for eight years. by Xiao Baiming In September 2019, the Int

“Yes, Torture Is Used in China”: A Church of Almighty God Refugee in Spain Speaks Out
“Yes, Torture Is Used in China”: A Church of Almighty God Refugee in Spain Speaks Out

Brother Zhang Wenbo tells Bitter Winter how he was suspended on a rope, beaten with a steel tube, and burned with cigarettes. His only crime? Preaching a banned religion. By Ruth Ingram Pi

China: Detention of activist shows unrelenting assault on freedom of expression
China: Detention of activist shows unrelenting assault on freedom of expression

Responding to the arrest of prominent Chinese activist and legal scholar Xu Zhiyong, who has been targeted since attending a meeting of human rights lawyers and activists and who recently criticiz...

Nepal Border Agreement With China Sparks Fears Among Tibetans
Nepal Border Agreement With China Sparks Fears Among Tibetans

A treaty signed by China and Nepal in October 2019 that manages border controls between the two countries poses significant threats to Tibetans fleeing their homeland to escape Chinese rule, Tibet...

China Appoints New Hong Kong Chief Known for Christian Persecution
China Appoints New Hong Kong Chief Known for Christian Persecution

02/14/2020 Hong Kong/Macau (International Christian Concern) – In the midst of fighting the Coronavirus epidemic, China announced yesterday that it will put Xia Baolong, previously known for removing ...

Voluntary Organ Donation or Shady Harvesting Scheme?
Voluntary Organ Donation or Shady Harvesting Scheme?

A woman from northern China shares a tragic story of how doctors promised to help her ill husband, but she was lured into agreeing to donate his organs instead. by Wang Gong Regulation on Human Or

State-Approved Chinese Priest Ousted After Being Jailed for One Year
State-Approved Chinese Priest Ousted After Being Jailed for One Year

02/09/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – A state-sanctioned Chinese priest who was released on December 9, 2019, after being jailed for a year and two months, is now ousted by the governme...

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Speaks Out For Tibetan Buddhists, Incarcerated Uyghurs
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Speaks Out For Tibetan Buddhists, Incarcerated Uyghurs

UPDATED at 9:26 A.M. ET on 2020-02-08 U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Thursday offered prayers for Tibetan Buddhists and Uyghur Muslims killed or jailed for exercising their faith in ...

Underground Catholics Will Not Obey CCP’s New Rules
Underground Catholics Will Not Obey CCP’s New Rules

02/04/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – A revised set of administrative measures on religions came into force on February 1 across China, covering all religions, as announced late las...

Xi Jinping’s Quotes Replace Holy Images in Catholic Churches
Xi Jinping’s Quotes Replace Holy Images in Catholic Churches

Churches refusing to join the Patriotic Catholic Association are repurposed for cultural or propaganda centers, as congregation members are driven away. by Tang Zhe Since the signing of the Vatica

6,000+ Members of The Church of Almighty God Arrested in 2019 in China
6,000+ Members of The Church of Almighty God Arrested in 2019 in China

by Massimo Introvigne 6,132 members of The Church of Almighty God (CAG) have been arrested in China in 2019. 3,824 have been tortured, and 19 died as a result of the persecution. These are

China Detains Hui Muslim Poet Who Spoke Out Against Xinjiang Camps
China Detains Hui Muslim Poet Who Spoke Out Against Xinjiang Camps

Authorities in the eastern province of Shandong have detained a Hui Muslim poet and author after he tweeted about the incarceration, surveillance and persecution of Chinese Muslims, both in Xinjia...

Government Persecutions Result in Church Workers’ Deaths
Government Persecutions Result in Church Workers’ Deaths

Even state-run churches are not spared CCP’s endless harassments. Two directors of Three-Self churches in Henan died after crackdowns on their places of worship. by Yao Zhangjin  All religions in

Wife of Detained Chinese Rights Lawyer: 'I Can Afford to Spend All my Spare Time Telling The World About This'
Wife of Detained Chinese Rights Lawyer: 'I Can Afford to Spend All my Spare Time Telling The World About This'

Chinese rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi was among a number of activists linked to the New Citizens' Movement against corruption and for political change to be jailed in 2014. After his release from that ...

Police Arrest Protest Organizer For 'Obstruction' After He Calls on Crowd to Leave
Police Arrest Protest Organizer For 'Obstruction' After He Calls on Crowd to Leave

Police in Hong Kong arrested protest organizer Ventus Lau after claiming incorrectly that he didn't ask a peaceful protest crowd to disperse when their event was ordered to close at short notice by ri...

Believers Tortured in Prisons to Make Them Renounce Their Faith
Believers Tortured in Prisons to Make Them Renounce Their Faith

Members of religious groups designated as “evil cults” by China’s regime are being “transformed” through indoctrination while they serve their sentences. by Yang Guang’an  Just because of her

World Report 2020: Live from the United Nations
World Report 2020: Live from the United Nations

Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, releases the World Report 2020 live from the United Nations. The report’s lead essay highlights the Chinese government’s intensifying assault on

Chinese Government Poses Global Threat to Human Rights
Chinese Government Poses Global Threat to Human Rights

Governments Should Unite Against Its Assault on Rights Bodies (New York) – The Chinese government is carrying out an intense attack on the global system for defending human rights, Kenneth Roth, ex...

Hong Kong Bars Human Rights Watch Head
Hong Kong Bars Human Rights Watch Head

Decision Spotlights Vanishing Freedoms Under Beijing Pressure (Hong Kong) Hong Kong authorities denied Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, entry to Hong Kong, where he had plann...

Hong Kong: Create Independent Investigation of Police
Hong Kong: Create Independent Investigation of Police

No Accountability for Excessive Use of Force Against Protesters (New York) – Hong Kong authorities should urgently establish an independent, impartial investigation into alleged excessive use o...

Kazakhstan: Refugees Fight to Avoid Deportation Back to China
Kazakhstan: Refugees Fight to Avoid Deportation Back to China

Torn between CCP’s pressures and the civil society’s support for the refugees, courts adjourn the hearings of Tilek Tabarak and the Musakhan-Alimuly duo. by Massimo Introvigne These are di

With Husbands in Camps, Hui Women Struggle Taking Care of Families
With Husbands in Camps, Hui Women Struggle Taking Care of Families

When almost all men from a village in northern Xinjiang were locked up in internment camps, their wives were left alone to run households. by Xiang Yi A small village under the jurisdictio

Official Religious Venues Punished for Slightest ‘Mistakes’
Official Religious Venues Punished for Slightest ‘Mistakes’

The infamous social credit system invades places of worship, as state-run churches and temples are evaluated with points, some closed down for being “substandard.” by Wu Haiping The CCP regime oft

Malaysia Appoints University Institute to Probe China’s Alleged Abuses Against Uyghurs
Malaysia Appoints University Institute to Probe China’s Alleged Abuses Against Uyghurs

Malaysia has appointed an international institute at a local university to prepare a study examining reports about alleged rights abuses committed by Beijing against Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinj...

Another Refugee from Xinjiang Allowed to Remain in Kazakhstan
Another Refugee from Xinjiang Allowed to Remain in Kazakhstan

While two organizations compete for the heritage and the name of Atajurt, some results, although not definitive, give reason for hope. by Massimo Introvigne With the help of volunteers def

Tear Gas Shrouds Hong Kong in 'White Christmas' as Protests Continue
Tear Gas Shrouds Hong Kong in 'White Christmas' as Protests Continue

Police fired tear gas at crowds of people in Hong Kong on Christmas Day in the latest in a string of operations targeting peaceful protesters, Christmas shoppers, tourists and passers-by that saw more...

145 Church of Almighty God Members Imprisoned in Shandong
145 Church of Almighty God Members Imprisoned in Shandong

As in other areas of China, the persecution of this Christian new religious movement in the eastern province of Shandong has intensified considerably this year. by Ye Jiajia The Church of Almighty

Being Christian in Xinjiang: Visitors’ Observations
Being Christian in Xinjiang: Visitors’ Observations

In Xinjiang, one of the most restricted and heavily surveilled areas in China, Christians are detained for no reason, severely punished. by Xiang Yi   Bitter Winter interviewed two Chr

Agents Cultivated to Infiltrate The Church of Almighty God
Agents Cultivated to Infiltrate The Church of Almighty God

In an attempt to accelerate the eradication of the largest Chinese Christian new religious movement, the CCP coaxes officials and believers to become spies. by Yang Xiangwen   Planting

Believer Returns Disabled After 7 Years of Torment in Prison
Believer Returns Disabled After 7 Years of Torment in Prison

A Church of Almighty God member was jailed for her faith in 2012. After years of torture and forced labor in a Chinese prison, her life will never be the same. by Hu Ke In May this year, a w

Wife of Jailed Chinese Rights Law Wins Human Rights Prize
Wife of Jailed Chinese Rights Law Wins Human Rights Prize

Li Wenzu, rights activist and wife of detained Chinese rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, has won a European human rights award for her "exceptional contribution" to the protection and promotion of hum...

20 Bitter Winter Reporters Vanished in the Air
20 Bitter Winter Reporters Vanished in the Air

Writing for Bitter Winter is a crime in China. 45 of our reporters were arrested. 20 are still in custody but we don’t know where – actually, we cannot even confirm they are alive. by Marco

China Detains Activists Heading to U.S. Human Rights Event
China Detains Activists Heading to U.S. Human Rights Event

Authorities in the Chinese capital detained and questioned a group of rights activists en route to the U.S. embassy in Beijing to participate in an event marking Human Rights Day on Tuesday, RFA h...

Interview: 'The Common Goal is Caring About Hong Kong.'
Interview: 'The Common Goal is Caring About Hong Kong.'

Richard Chan, a 48-year-old businessman who made headlines after being pepper-sprayed during protests at Hong Kong's international airport has quit the boardroom to involve himself in the city's polit

Uyghur Act Passed by the U.S. House: Good, But What’s Next?
Uyghur Act Passed by the U.S. House: Good, But What’s Next?

The new law is a tougher version of a bill passed last September in Senate. It still needs Senate and President Trump’s approval—and a look at context. by Massimo Introvigne On December

Chinese Church Leader Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
Chinese Church Leader Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

Sentence Defies Previous Legal Promises by the Police 12/03/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Qin Derfu, an elder from Si

Prominent Uyghur Activist Dies Days After Release From Xinjiang Internment Camp
Prominent Uyghur Activist Dies Days After Release From Xinjiang Internment Camp

A long-time Uyghur activist has died days after being released from an internment camp in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), according to sources, amid concerns that abuse...

USCIRF “Adopts” 35 Chinese Prisoners—25 Are Members of The Church of Almighty God
USCIRF “Adopts” 35 Chinese Prisoners—25 Are Members of The Church of Almighty God

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom delivers a powerful blow to China. This proves just how useful USCIRF is, despite criticism by some US lawmakers. by Massimo Introvigne

Eliminating Christianity Through “Sinicization”
Eliminating Christianity Through “Sinicization”

The Chinese government is forcing believers and the clergy to replace Christian teachings with traditional Chinese culture and socialist doctrine. by Wang Yichi While state-run Three-Self churches

Newly Leaked Official Chinese Documents Include Operating Manual For Xinjiang Internment Camps
Newly Leaked Official Chinese Documents Include Operating Manual For Xinjiang Internment Camps

Newly leaked Chinese government documents include the first known “manual” for operating internment camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), providing local authorities with guidelin...

Dead During Detention: Families Suspect Foul Play
Dead During Detention: Families Suspect Foul Play

More and more people die while in police custody or serving their sentences in China’s prisons as a result of torture and mistreatment. by Wang Yong   Suspicious deaths of detainees in

Dozens of Hong Kong Christians Receive Threatening Online Messages
Dozens of Hong Kong Christians Receive Threatening Online Messages

11/22/2019 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – More than 40 Hong Kong Christians who have been vocal or actively participate in the ongoing protests have received threatening messages to the...

Xinjiang Authorities Undermine Muslim Abstention From Pork in Bid to Assimilate Uyghurs
Xinjiang Authorities Undermine Muslim Abstention From Pork in Bid to Assimilate Uyghurs

Government work groups in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) are undermining the Muslim practice of abstaining from pork as part of a bid to assimilate Uyghurs into Han Chinese cultu...

Xinjiang ‘Pair Up’ Campaign Highlights Power Imbalance Between Chinese ‘Relatives,’ Uyghur Hosts
Xinjiang ‘Pair Up’ Campaign Highlights Power Imbalance Between Chinese ‘Relatives,’ Uyghur Hosts

The official “Pair Up and Become Family” campaign in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) highlights a deep power imbalance based on the personal information shared between  ...

Chinese Pastor to Face Trial Without Representation
Chinese Pastor to Face Trial Without Representation

11/19/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Early Rain Covenant Church Pastor, Wang Yi, has been in custody since December 9, 2018. He is expected to officially start his trial soon. Howev...

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