Religious Freedom

The Transnational Repression of The Church of Almighty God. 3. The Red Octopus’s Third Tentacle: “Family Reunification” Operations

The third of seven methods used by the CCP to harass CAG asylum seekers: compelling their relatives ...Read More

September 3, 2025

Raided and Terrorized: China Cracks Down Again on Life Zen Temple

A member who escaped abroad reports to “Bitter Winter” the terror of the new raids against an idiosy...Read More

August 14, 2025

The Arrest of Shaolin’s Abbot Shakes Up Government-Controlled Chinese Buddhism

Known as a womanizer and a billionaire, but also as a strong supporter of the CCP, Shi Yongxin’s wro...Read More

July 31, 2025

Wenzhou, New Crackdown on Catholic Conscientious Objectors

Despite the agreement with the Vatican, China continues to arrest priests, nuns, and believers who r...Read More

July 11, 2025

Festival Sabir 2024 in Rome: Focusing on Human Rights & Refugees

On October 10, 2024, the 10th Festival Sabir was held at Città dell’Altra Economia, a renowned event...Read More

October 14, 2024

CCP Hijacks the Label “Humanistic Buddhism,” Calls for Marxist Interpretation of Buddhist Classics

The 2024 Buddhist Lecture Exchange Conference, with the mandatory references to the Third Plenum, ex...Read More

August 20, 2024

“Strict Governance of Religion” Extends to Hui Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists

The United Front Work Department brings the campaign promoted among Christians to other religions. b...Read More

July 27, 2024

Guangxi, Propaganda Against “Cults and Illegal Religion” Enters Corporations

The Wuzhou headquarters of Guangxi Zhaoxin Pingzhou Electronics hosted a pilot program of intensive ...Read More

June 21, 2024

Condemning Persecution in Vietnam

03/14/2024 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – Senate Resolution 395 proposes the United Sta...Read More

March 14, 2024

Tibetan monk arrested for publishing books on Tibet from exiles

The whereabouts of Lobsang Thabkhey, the former librarian of Kirti Monastery, remain unknown, two so...Read More

February 6, 2024

China’s New Patriotic Education Law Tightens Grip on Church Leaders

01/17/2024 China (International Christian Concern) — The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) new controv...Read More

January 17, 2024

Bishop Arrested Again for Refusing to Join State-Managed Chinese Church

01/08/2024 China (International Christian Concern) —Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou, in the east...Read More

January 8, 2024

Tibet: Repression Increases Before Tibetan Uprising Day

March 10 commemorates the events of 1959. The CCP policy against minority ethnic and religious group...Read More

March 12, 2021

Polish Supreme Court set to test commitment to Rule of law in extradition row

Unbeknownst to all but a few, Poland has stood as the battleground between Sweden and China in an un...Read More

January 11, 2021

“Christmas, Get Out of China!”—But Not Before Bringing CCP a Lot of Money

Christians were harassed, often with the pretext of COVID-19. Meanwhile, 80% of Christmas ornaments ...Read More

December 29, 2020

Different times: foreign Protestant clergy and Chinese mix freely in Hunan, 1902

China Cracks Down on Religious Exchanges with Foreigners

A new draft law, of which Bitter Winter publishes the English translation, would severely limit the ...Read More

November 26, 2020

A Catholic church in Shenzhou was emptied before being closed down.

Catholic Nuns Deemed ‘Dangerous’ and Forced out of Convent

The CCP ramps up intimidation and persecution of Catholics who refuse to join the Patriotic Church. ...Read More

November 4, 2020

Church members were taken away by the police.

House Churches Suppressed Across China

Numerous venues were shut down, believers arrested and dispersed in August across Henan, Guizhou, an...Read More

November 2, 2020

Activities for school students in Jian’ao village on Martyrs’ Day.

Banned from Churches, Youth Only Allowed to Believe in Socialism

The CCP intensifies sanctions on Christian Sunday schools and summer camps while strengthening patri...Read More

October 30, 2020

A Mao Zedong statue outside the Chinese Nation’s Ancestor Temple.

Want to Keep Your Temple? Worship Mao Zedong

Amid the nationwide crackdowns on religions, only the venues venerating Chairman Mao are protected f...Read More

October 26, 2020

Facial recognition cameras are being installed in Poyang county’s religious venues.

Facial Recognition Cameras Installed in State-Run Religious Venues

More than 200 facial recognition cameras were installed in churches and temples in one Jiangxi Provi...Read More

October 25, 2020