As temples were shut to prevent the spread of COVID-19, CCP intensified its campaign to eliminate all Buddhist statues in Sichuan, Fujian, and Shandong provinces. by Ye Jiajia A 13-meter-tall Guanyin statue used to sit atop a mountain near theRead More →
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 large population of ethnic Hui people, has suffered significantly from the CCP’sRead More →
Some state-run churches were allowed to reopen in China after a 5-month lockdown. But only after proving their loyalty to the Communist Party. by Huang Xin The Lishiting Catholic Church in the Shunhe district of Kaifeng, a prefecture-level city in theRead More →
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 in the northern province of Hebei was built originally inRead More →
Morgan Ortagus, U.S. Department of State spokesperson since April 2019, spoke with Alim Seytoff, director of RFA’s Uyghur Service, on Wednesday about Washington’s efforts to hold China accountable for its policies of persecution in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), including theRead More →
Amid escalating tensions with Western democracies, China’s regime incites nationalist sentiment among residents, cracks down on religions as “foreign agents.” by Wang Yong In the CCP’s propaganda, Protestantism and Catholicism have been designated as tools for “imperialists to invade China.”Read More →
Most of the detained have been monitored for days, and some elderly people were tortured to make them disclose information about fellow believers. by Yao Zhangjin Amid the coronavirus outbreak, The Church of Almighty God (CAG), the single most-persecuted religious movement in China,Read More →
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 to the list of crimes against humanity metedRead More →
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 the international community to hold Beijing accountable for its abusesRead More →
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 Mongolian language in areas of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region were suspendedRead More →
A member of The Church of Almighty God recalls his time in detention after he was arrested and later sentenced for his faith. by Yang Luguang Qi Qiang, a member of The Church of Almighty God (CAG) from the easternRead More →
An ethnic Han man shares his impressions of Xinjiang after visiting it many years since his first encounter with the Uyghur region. by Li Benbo As the CCP government intensified “stability maintenance” measures in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, itsRead More →
Authorities in Hui populated areas launched campaigns to “sinicize” mosques amid the coronavirus outbreak. More are planned for later this year and 2021. by Bai Shengyi Since 2018, the CCP has been promoting the campaign to “sinicize” Islam, disfiguring countlessRead More →
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 It is difficult to imagine Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Mongolia, or LadakhRead More →
Nepal’s close political ties with China have left Tibetan refugees in the Himalayan country uncertain of their status, vulnerable to abuses of their rights, and restricted in their freedoms of movement and expression, rights groups said this week. Nepal, whichRead More →
Memeteli wanted to send a message to his sister Heyrigul for her birthday. But she has been arrested, and the CCP would not disclose where she is. by Martyna Kokotkiewicz Have you ever, even if it was only a joke,Read More →
In the United States and other countries, June 21 is Father’s Day. A member of the Church of Almighty God tells Bitter Winter the sad story of her beloved and persecuted father. by Bai Shengyi Arrested, tortured, disabled, separated, reluctant even toRead More →
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 world is becoming less hospitable to refugees, and they may beRead More →
by Marco Respinti The Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (formerly known as Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019) is a landmark piece of legislation, upholding the rights Muslim Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities. They are harshly persecuted by the CCPRead More →
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 arrest operation targeting The Church of Almighty God (CAG)Read More →
Report details closure of religious venues and detention of members of minority groups. The communist government in China has intensified its mass detention of people as part of its accelerated sinicization that clamps down on freedom of religion, says theRead More →
