President Xi Jinping’s dream of a “big family of the Chinese nation” came closer this Spring Festival, with a concerted drive to assimilate Uyghur Muslims as never before.
Op-eds China
The CCP is Committing “Cultural Genocide”
The disappearance of Uyghur artist Sanubar Tursun highlights a staggering truth: the G Word is a reality.
The Fate of Bitter Winter’s 45 Arrested Reporters
Great media coverage and two petitions to free them is an occasion to publicly share some details on their capture, detention and present state.
That Strange Shyness of the EU Towards China
A seminar of scholars and politicians in the European Parliament loses an excellent opportunity to put respect for human rights at the top of priorities.
Chinese Authorities Are Afraid of “Color Revolutions”
China’s public security officials prioritize extreme measures to avoid or resist possible mass anti-government uprisings, singling out believers.
An “Ethical Tariff” on China to Defeat Silence and Tepidity
A major three-partisan conference on religious freedom in China held at the European Parliament urged international institutions to wake up in the face of CCP brutality.
CAG Exiles Ask for Italy’s Protection
A torchlight procession for peace in Rho requested the Italian government to welcome the victims of religious persecution.
Journal of Religion and Violence: “The CAG Did Not Commit the McDonald’s Murder”
A special issue of the respected academic journal debunks the idea that new religious movements are inherently violent—and that The Church of Almighty God was responsible for the murder of a woman in a McDonald’s in 2014
Death Sentences by the Thousands
Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg will be executed, while Beijing continues to maintain almost total secrecy over the number of people condemned and killed.
A New Dystopian Reality Grips Xinjiang
Draconian measures to root out terrorism have turned life for ordinary Uyghurs into a daily nightmare of surveillance and terror.