In a decision awaited with interest in political and diplomatic circles, the Court of Zharkent, Kazakhstan, has ruled that a Chinese Muslim woman, who entered the country illegally, should not be deported to China, where she would face imprisonment and torture. Bitter...
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New Academic Study Debunks Allegations that The Church of Almighty God Is “Against the Family”
According to an article published in the authoritative Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, The Church of Almighty God actually has a positive view of the family and members are often converted by their relatives. The Interdisciplinary Journal of...
Chinese Campaign Against The Church of Almighty God Extends to South Korea
Following the directives of a confidential document, excerpts of which we publish below, a massive campaign of fake news is launched in South Korea to persuade the local authorities to deport the refugees of The Church of Almighty God back to China. Bitter Winter...
Australian Academic Investigated for His Support of China’s Anti-Falun-Gong Campaign
A Griffith University lecturer, accused of being “in China’s pocket” for his attempts to deny that organs of Falun Gong prisoners of conscience are “harvested,” is being investigated and banned from traveling abroad. He denies all charges. Australian media report that...
Authorities in Henan Order the Suppression of The Church of Almighty God
Bitter Winter has received a classified document revealing the organized crackdown on The Church of Almighty God in Henan. The document, issued by an office that deals with the prevention of heterodox religious movements in one of Henan’s cities, states that The...
New Catholic Document on Death Penalty Likely to Create Problems for the Vatican-China Dialogue
On August 2, Pope Francis declared the death penalty “always inadmissible” and promised a vigorous action by the Catholic Church to eliminate it throughout the world. At least 60% of the world’s executions every year happen in China. On August 2, 2018, the Vatican...
Nine NGOs write to Angela Merkel: “Do Not Deport Sister Zhao Back to China”
Germany plans to deport back to China a member of The Church of Almighty God detained in Ingelheim. Nine NGOs tell Chancellor Merkel that in China she will be arrested and may be tortured. Nine NGOs active in the field of religious liberty wrote on August 1 to German...
Uyghur Muslim Shot Dead After Massive Manhunt
Pazil Utuⱪ, an Uyghur Muslim from an old and well-known Muslim family in Xinjiang, was shot dead after a massive manhunt mobilizing over 70,000 people. Thirty-year-old Pazil Utuⱪ, an ethnic Uyghur, came from an old and well-known Muslim family, which explains the...
An Urgent Appeal to Chancellor Angela Merkel
Dear Chancellor Merkel: We are NGOs active in the field of religious liberty, and write about the urgent situation of a Chinese refugee, Ms. Zhao, currently detained at the Aufsichts und Dienstleistungsdirektion Landeseinrichtung für Asylbegehrende und...
Arrested for Sending Reports to Bitter Winter
The Chinese police launched a national operation against Bitter Winter. Reporters and others who sent information to us were arrested, while false rumors about our magazine are being spread We received reports from China that, irritated by the publication of news and...









