Anyone who wants to attend a service in a government-controlled Three-Self church in Xinjiang’s Urumqi city must not only present their identification card but also have their identity checked by a facial recognition system.
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Authorities Suppress the Guangzhou Bible Reformed Church
In the past four months, the Chinese government has made repeated attempts at shutting down the church.
Manipulated Into Agreeing to Demolish Their Church
After a sequence of well-planned mischievous manipulations, Henan authorities made members of the Yangzhai True Jesus Church congregation sign a document condemning their church to demolition.
Statues of Mao Placed in Temples (Video)
While countless Buddhist temples are being destroyed across China, statues of deities are being replaced with those of Mao Zedong in the remaining places of worship.
Testimonies
Henan Resident Arrested and Tortured by Police
A Christian woman from Henan’s Gongyi city was arrested recently and tortured for information.
Authorities Tighten Control of Religious Information Online
Believers in China face punishment for posting any faith-related information or even a picture of a cross on the internet.
House Church Leaders Imprisoned for Three Years
Two house church leaders from Beijing were arrested in 2015; a year later, they were sentenced to three years in prison and fined.
Sola Fide Churches Face Crackdown
Churches across several provinces like Shandong, Hunan, Jilin and more have been raided upon and shut down recently.
Weekly Feature
Fake News that “The Church of Almighty God Is Anti-Family” Debunked by Italian Courts
Two Italian court decisions quote scholarly studies to reject the fake news depicting The Church of Almighty God as “against the family”
Articles
Should We Use the G Word? Chinese Persecution and Genocide
International scholars start asking the question whether what China is doing to the Uyghurs, members of Falun Gong, and other groups, should be properly qualified as genocide
The African Inquisition: How CCP Censors News About Religious Persecution Abroad
An article in Foreign Policy lifts the veil on how China uses his economic influence to prevent foreign media from reporting about religious persecution.
Interviews
Anti-Refugees “Demonstrations” in South Korea: The Real Story
On September 2–4, 2018, Austrian journalist Peter Zoehrer was an eyewitness to false “spontaneous demonstrations” staged by the CCP and Korean anti-cultists against asylum seekers of The Church of Almighty God in Seoul. He tells the whole story to Bitter Winter.
“Uyghurs Are Forced to Denounce Their Faith to Survive”
Uyghur human rights scholar and activist Zubayra Shamseden tells Bitter Winter that CCP sees all Uyghur as enemies, is engaged in the largest detention of an ethnic group since World War II, and has now extended its repression to other Muslim minorities.
Documents
Ten NGOs Write to Xi Jinping: “Religious Persecution Should Cease”
An appeal to the Chinese President notes that the situation of religious liberty in China is worse than ever.
European Parliament Resolution of October 4, 2018 on Mass Arbitrary Detention of Uyghur and Khazak Muslims in Xinjiang
Mass arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and Kazakhs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
