Chairman Mao Replaces Buddha in Temples
While countless Buddhist and Taoist temples are demolished, places of worship that install statues o...Read More
2020-06-04
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48 State-Run Churches Shut Down in One County in Two Weeks
Protestants in Jiangxi Province’s Yugan county have been suffering CCP’s persecution for the past fe...Read More
2020-06-02
China’s Religious Persecution Wrecks People’s Lives
Following CCP’s relentless crackdowns against The Church of Almighty God, numerous families are shat...Read More
2020-06-01
300+ Police Officers Demolish a Tibetan Buddhist Temple
The CCP continues to impose severe restrictions on religious practices of Tibetan Buddhists, destroy...Read More
2020-05-30
The Xinjiang Class: How the CCP Tries to “Convert” the Uyghurs—and Fails
A book by Timothy Grose examines Beijing’s project of taking Uyghur students to boarding schools far...Read More
2020-05-29
Members of Banned Churches Imprisoned, Some for 15 Years
Believers who resist being managed by China’s communist regime are often arrested and interrogated, ...Read More
2020-05-28
Removal of Islamic Motifs Leaves Xinjiang’s Id Kah Mosque ‘a Shell For Unsuspecting Visitors’
Since 2016, the Chinese authorities have been systematically destroying mosques, cemeteries, and oth...Read More
2020-05-27
Scarred for Life: Interrogated, Tortured, Imprisoned
A member of The Church of Almighty God, arrested for his faith, was tortured for six days before he ...Read More
2020-05-26
CCP Stepping Up the Pace of Uyghur Forced Labor into Inner China
Beijing is ramping up transfers of Uyghurs into forced labor outside of their region, according to a...Read More
2020-05-25
“Inside The Church of Almighty God”: A New Book Tells It Like It Is
Oxford University Press publishes Massimo Introvigne’s survey of the most persecuted religious movem...Read More
2020-05-24
The Beauty and the Sorrow That I Witnessed in Xinjiang: Interview
Abu is a young man from Taiwan. In 2019, he rode on his bicycle to Xinjiang, traveled around the pro...Read More
2020-05-23
With Lockdown Lifted, Crackdowns on Churches Intensify
The minute coronavirus prevention restrictions were eased, state-run churches in Jiangxi Province fe...Read More
2020-05-21
Teachers Forced to Renounce Faith, Become CCP’s Political Pawns
To warrant “proper” indoctrination of students, China’s regime probes and punishes religious teacher...Read More
2020-05-20
25 Years After: Release the 11th Panchen Lama!
In 1995, the CCP kidnapped the second highest authority in the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism to s...Read More
2020-05-17
China’s Muslims Forced to Eat Pork During Ramadan
The CCP continues to eliminate Muslim culture and Islamic faith by prohibiting people from observing...Read More
2020-05-16
Prisoners of Faith Forced to Make Goods for Foreign Markets
A member of The Church of Almighty God recounts her experience serving a five-year sentence for her ...Read More
2020-05-15
State Department Must Fill Long-Vacant Post on Tibetan Affairs: Religious Freedoms Group
The Trump administration must move quickly to fill a long-vacant State Department position focused o...Read More
2020-05-15
CAG Members Arrested and Tortured During Lockdown
Members of The Church of Almighty God recount their ordeals trying to evade CCP’s persecution amid t...Read More
2020-05-14
Church-Run Orphanages Shut After Bans on Religious Charities
With restrictions imposed by the new law on religion in China, many private orphanages across the co...Read More
2020-05-12
Religious Rights Violations in China Worse than Reported
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) 2020 report again put China...Read More
2020-05-11
‘Ensuring Stability’ by Demolishing Places of Worship
Unregistered house churches remain key targets of religious persecution as China re-opens after coro...Read More
2020-05-09