The believers were sentenced to years in prison merely for practicing their faith. One of them was just 19.
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Students from Xinjiang Subjected to Disproportionate Control
Muslim students who attend universities in inland China are continuously monitored, barred from exhibiting ethnic and religious characteristics.
Ancestral Temples Repurposed for Public Use
Even the venues where familial clans meet to honor their ancestors and celebrate important events have become targets of the CCP’s crackdown on religion.
‘Red Tourism’ Sites Developed to Enforce Communist Ideology
The CCP invests considerable funds to revamp China’s revolutionary heritage, using it to indoctrinate people and force them to worship its leaders.
Farmers Told to Grow Grains to Curb China’s Likely Food Crisis
Battling growing concerns with propaganda, Chinese authorities demand farmers switch to cultivating staple foods, disregarding their needs and circumstances.
Uyghurs Discriminated and Abused in Inland China
Authorities across China impose draconian control measures on Muslims from Xinjiang, prohibiting them from renting properties and running their businesses.
Believer Tortured and Beaten in Prison to Abandon His Faith
A member of The Church of Almighty God recounts three years and six months in detention where he was forced to eat cockroaches and banned from the toilet for days.
CCP Denies Food Shortages but Demands to Boost Farming
While actively negating “rumors” of shrinking grain reserve, the government orders farmers to re-cultivate deserted farmlands, threatens to punish those who disobey.
Hubei Residents Still Discriminated as ‘Coronavirus Carriers’
People from the province where the virus originated were shunned and abused throughout the outbreak. With CCP’s help, the mistreatment continues today.
‘Ensuring Stability’ by Demolishing Places of Worship
Unregistered house churches remain key targets of religious persecution as China re-opens after coronavirus lockdowns.
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