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
2024-10-14
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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
2024-08-20
“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
2024-07-27
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
2024-06-21
Condemning Persecution in Vietnam
03/14/2024 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – Senate Resolution 395 proposes the United Sta...Read More
2024-03-14
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
2024-02-06
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
2024-01-17
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
2024-01-08
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
2021-03-12
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
2021-01-11
“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
2020-12-29
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
2020-11-26
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
2020-11-04
House Churches Suppressed Across China
Numerous venues were shut down, believers arrested and dispersed in August across Henan, Guizhou, an...Read More
2020-11-02
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
2020-10-30
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
2020-10-26
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
2020-10-25
Chinese Christian Bookseller Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison
Online Bookstore Owner Charged with “Illegal Business Operations” International Christian Concern (I...Read More
2020-10-04
Numerous Temples Shuttered in Two Shaanxi Province’s Cities
Buddhist, Taoist, and folk religion temples suffered severe attacks in the prefecture-level cities o...Read More
2020-08-25
Account by Fugitive Christian: His Family Ruined by CCP for Religious Belief
Christian Li En recounted how the CCP ruined his family: his mother in her 60s with various illnesse...Read More
2020-08-16
‘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 ...Read More
2020-07-29