Religious Persecution

The Transnational Repression of The Church of Almighty God. 4. The Red Octopus’s Tentacles #4, 5, and 6: Abductions, Cyber-Attacks, and Anti-Cult Associations

Kidnapping refugees is an extreme step, but the CCP effectively harasses them through digital suppre...Read More

September 4, 2025

The Transnational Repression of The Church of Almighty God. 2. The Red Octopus’ Second Tentacle: Spying Overseas

Another of the seven methods used by the Chinese Communist Party to harass CAG members abroad is sys...Read More

September 2, 2025

The Transnational Repression of The Church of Almighty God: 1. The Red Octopus and Its Seven Tentacles

A report on the seven methods used by the Chinese Communist Party to harass members of the persecute...Read More

September 1, 2025

Red Flags and Red Herrings: FECRIS’ Curious Crusade for China

China reprints an article by a FECRIS board member from an obscure Italian publication to prove that...Read More

August 18, 2025

4 of 5 Most Populous Countries Persecute Christians

Four of the five most populous countries in the world share a disturbing reality: Christians are sys...Read More

August 9, 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

China Buddhist Association Asks the Government to Crack Down on the Zhengjue Fellowship

Theological criticism surrounds the Taiwanese movement, known internationally as the Buddhist True E...Read More

July 14, 2025

China, Religions Told to Strictly Enforce New Rules on Dealing with Foreigners

A conference in Beijing insisted that the regulations that came into force on May 1 should be strict...Read More

July 9, 2025

Chinese Christian Media Ordered to Include More Communist Propaganda

China’s only legal church, the Communist Party-controlled Three Self Patriotic Movement (TPSM), has ...Read More

May 10, 2025

Religious Activities by Foreigners in China: New Restrictions from May 1

We publish a short comment and a translation of the new and more restrictive Order no. 23 published ...Read More

April 23, 2025

Terror Through Photographs: China Publishes Pictures of Church of Almighty God Refugees Abroad

A Chinese website collects and publishes photographs of CAG asylum seekers in democratic countries. ...Read More

March 9, 2025

Nearly 500 CAG Christians Arrested in Three Shandong Cities Over Half a Year

According to rough statistics, nearly 500 members of The Church of Almighty God (CAG) were arrested ...Read More

November 12, 2024

Guangdong’s Harsh Persecution of Church of Almighty God Members

Since 2022, raids, arrests, long jail sentences and even one suspicious death in jail have marked an...Read More

October 26, 2024

Yunnan, Update on Brother Chang Hao: Sentenced, Liberated, and Detained Again

The popular preacher was baptizing new Christians with famous Pastor John Cao when the police raided...Read More

October 19, 2024

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 appl...Read More

October 7, 2024

ONGOING CRACKDOWNS: 500+ CAG Christians were Arrested in Guangzhou Alone, One Death Reported

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has intensified its crackdown on Christians from The Church of Alm...Read More

October 4, 2024

A Chinese Christian Tortured in Jail Tells His Story

Zhu Chunlin’s testimony explains what “strict control and punishment” and “strengthened learning” me...Read More

September 19, 2024

China, “Bitter Winter” Obtains a Secret Document on the Repression of The Church of Almighty God

Based on a 2020 confidential text, courts were asked to interpret law provisions extensively to impo...Read More

July 30, 2024

Church of Almighty God: The Economy of Refugees and Ill-Founded Accusations of Human Trafficking

Refugee activities in democratic countries should be understood by considering that they have escape...Read More

July 19, 2024

Street Evangelist Chen Wensheng Sentenced Again

He received a comparatively mild sentence (one year and seven months) but the authorities’s strategy...Read More

June 25, 2024

Diocese of Baoding, Repression of Catholic Conscientious Objectors Continue

Those who refuse the Vatican-China deal and do not join the Patriotic Catholic Church are “disappear...Read More

May 31, 2024