A new report documents a subtle tool of cultural genocide: erasing the village names referring to Uyghur culture and religion.
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Street Evangelist Chen Wensheng Sentenced Again
He received a comparatively mild sentence (one year and seven months) but the authorities’s strategy is to keep arresting him (he was arrested more than 100 times).
Guiyang Renai Church’s Elder Zhang Chunlei in Serious Health Conditions in Jail
He has been detained for more than three years without being sentenced. He suffers from liver cirrhosis and should be released immediately.
Chengdu Early Rain Church Member Detained for Commemorating Tiananmen
Fu Lijun cautiously posted only music and a prayer on June 4. It was enough to go to jail.
China Caught Red-Handed in Promoting Fake Anti-India Sikh Protests in the West
Meta, the company operating Facebook and Instagram, dismantled a Chinese network of false accounts called “Operation K.”
Yan Zhengxue: Persecuted Chinese Christian Artist Dies at Age 80
A key figure of the dissident artist movement and a member of the Beijing Holy Love Fellowship House Church, he was repeatedly detained and tortured.
Diocese of Baoding, Repression of Catholic Conscientious Objectors Continue
Those who refuse the Vatican-China deal and do not join the Patriotic Catholic Church are “disappeared.”
Children Protest “Genocide Tourism” to Tibet
When trains with tourists pass, the traditional stone-throwing ropes called “urduo” are used to express disapproval of the staged tours.
Suizhou, Hubei: Massive Protests Against Cemetery Reform
Mandatory cremation and purchase of cemetery spaces for the ashes are denounced as both a scam enriching greedy bureaucrats and an attack against ancestor worship.
Shenzhen, 4,000 Villagers Confront the Police After Destruction of an Ancestral Hall
The 300-year old monument in Futian District has been demolished due to a combination of official disregard for spiritual traditions and land speculation.