Unregistered house churches remain key targets of religious persecution as China re-opens after coronavirus lockdowns.
China
Fighting the Pandemic at the Cost of Human Rights
The CCP claims to have won a “great victory” against COVID-19 thanks to “great leadership” and the socialist system. Those who took part in the fight disagree.
Coronavirus, a Devastating Report by DAFOH on How the CCP Manipulates Aid
China tries to reshape what is left of globalization through a “Silk Road of Health”. Italy was a starting point.
Coronavirus and the Boxer War of 1900: Do They Have Something in Common?
After the Boxer War, China had to pay an indemnity for 39 years to the foreign powers that defeated the rebels. Now, the CCP claims that international requests for virus-related damages are “a new Boxer Indemnity.”
325 CAG Members Arrested During Coronavirus Outbreak
The Chinese government used the deadly virus to persecute believers of banned religious groups, entering their homes under the pretext of “epidemic prevention.”
Shouters’ Members Arrested, Preacher Imprisoned for His Faith
Believers of this banned Christian group suffer severe persecution and are often sent to jail, where they are indoctrinated and subjected to forced labor.
Jilin Province Shut Down Over 160 House Church Venues in 2019
The CCP continued cracking down on unregistered Protestant venues in this northeastern Chinese province, arrested and fined believers and clergy members.
Surveillance Increases in Xinjiang’s Residential Communities
Disregarding growing concerns from the international community, the CCP steps up efforts to control the daily lives of people by monitoring their every move.
Coronavirus and the Wuhan Laboratory: The CCP Lies, Here Is the Evidence
Chinese propaganda has launched an international offensive of fake news to counter “enormous evidence” that the virus came from a Wuhan laboratory.
Numerous State-Run Church Venues Shut Down in Late 2019
The government harassed these Protestant places of worship on a variety of pretexts: from “disturbing neighbors” to “supporting protests in Hong Kong.”