As the deadly virus was spreading through China, the government continued cracking down on temples and churches, destroying buildings and harassing believers.
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73 CAG Members Sentenced to Prison in Hunan and Jiangsu
The Church of Almighty God remains one of the primary targets of China’s religious persecution, as its members are given hefty sentences for practicing their faith.
How China’s 4.5 Million Grid Administrators Monitor Residents
Battalions of overseers patrol residential communities in the name of “social stability,” watch for “unstable elements” and report on religious activities.
Online Buyers of Religious Books Caught and Interrogated
The CCP intensifies inquiries into Christians’ online activities, scrutinizing their every digital step, including purchases of “illegal” religious materials.
Catholic Priests Tortured to Join the Patriotic Church
The coronavirus pandemic doesn’t prevent the Chinese government from persecuting Catholic conscientious objectors in the Diocese of Mindong.
Medical Staff Expose China’s Disinformation on COVID-19
Health care workers on China’s coronavirus frontline talk about the CCP’s orders to fabricate data and how they were used for propaganda purposes.
U.N. Human Rights Council: More than 100 Organizations Protest China’s Selection as a Member of the Consultative Group
Along with Venezuela, Pakistan, Eritrea and Qatar, China will serve one year in the exclusive body of five persons who will select United Nations human rights investigators.
Three-Self Churches Continue to Be Destroyed Amid the Pandemic
As the coronavirus was spreading throughout China, CCP-run Protestant churches and their congregations suffered continuous crackdowns at the hands of the government.
Coronavirus, the State of Missouri Sues China—and CCP
The lawsuit names as co-defendant the Chinese Communist Party, as Bitter Winter suggested, and adds the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Activists, Believers Held in Psychiatric Clinics as Punishment
Instead of helping people, some mental health institutions in China are used to “reform” dissidents, even people petitioning the government or religious believers.