CCP Investigates Leaks about Religious Persecution
Increasingly criticized by the international community for crackdowns on people of faith, China’s re...Read More
2020-10-04
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Church of Almighty God Members Driven to Suicide
After years of abuse and harassment, living under close surveillance, some members of this banned re...Read More
2020-09-21
Buddhist Statues Removed from Temples and Tourist Sites
Using various trumped-up pretexts, the CCP continues its campaign to eliminate outdoor religious sta...Read More
2020-09-19
Faith-Based Nursing Homes Closed or Demolished in Fujian
Disrupting the peaceful final days of numerous elderly believers, authorities harass senior care cen...Read More
2020-09-13
Police Harass and Beat Believers Protecting Temples
Authorities in Anhui Province use force against people who try to prevent demolitions of their worsh...Read More
2020-09-09
Branded: A Woman’s 28-Year-Long Religious Persecution in China
A new film tells the story of a devotee who joined The Church of Almighty God at its beginnings. She...Read More
2020-09-08
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 cl...Read More
2020-09-03
160+ Folk Religion Temples Demolished, Shut Down in Sichuan
Chinese authorities crack down on all things religious, including venues of indigenous religions tha...Read More
2020-09-02
Jehovah’s Witnesses Persecuted for ‘Political Neutrality’
China’s regime does not accept believers’ religious choices and punishes them for not saluting the n...Read More
2020-09-01
Xie Jiao-Free Communities Help Crush Banned Religious Groups
Local governments across China urge to create “model” towns or villages without residents who are me...Read More
2020-08-31
Religious Activities Replaced with Veneration of Mao Zedong
Places of worship were off-limits to believers amid the coronavirus outbreak, while activities to wo...Read More
2020-08-30
Catholic Churches Destroyed or Repurposed by the Government
To make unregistered Catholics join the official Patriotic Church, authorities throughout China hara...Read More
2020-08-28
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...Read More
2020-08-21
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 ...Read More
2020-08-18
Public Toilet Erected on Former Site of Razed Xinjiang Village Mosque
A public toilet has been erected on the site of a demolished mosque in Atush (in Chinese, Atushi) ci...Read More
2020-08-17
Ancient Temples Converted into Revolutionary Bases
On President Xi’s orders, local governments across China turn some places of worship into propaganda...Read More
2020-08-13
Buddhist Statues Removed for ‘Being Too Tall’
China’s communist regime uses a variety of pretexts to eliminate Buddhist symbols in its war against...Read More
2020-08-07
‘Sinicization’ of Islam Intensifies Amid the Pandemic
The CCP continues removing domes and minarets from mosques and suppresses any expression of Hui Musl...Read More
2020-08-06
Crosses Toppled from Two Protestant Venues in One Village
Amid the CCP’s nationwide cross removal campaign, a state-run and a house church in a Zhejiang Provi...Read More
2020-08-03
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 ...Read More
2020-08-02
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 sub...Read More
2020-08-01