While two organizations compete for the heritage and the name of Atajurt, some results, although not definitive, give reason for hope.
China
Baoji City Orders to Seal Temples with Bricks and Concrete
The government of this Shaanxi Province city has adopted drastic measures to implement orders from Beijing to eradicate Buddhist, Taoist, and folk religion temples.
Attacks on House Churches Intensify Across China
Protestant house churches, regarded as a threat to the regime due to large numbers of believers, face total extinction, people threatened to give up their faith.
Xinjiang, Where Even Buildings Tell Tragic Stories of Muslims
Bitter Winter visited two residential communities in Shihezi city that bear traces of the CCP’s brutal suppression of ethnic Huis.
Ethnic Miao Believers Forced to Join the United Protestant Church
Jinping county government in Yunnan closes house churches, bans the Bible in the Miao language, and orders believers to hang Xi Jinping portraits at home.
The Purge of Tibetan Buddhism Continues in Hebei
Ahead of the central government inspection, local authorities “sinicize” temples by destroying traditional Tibetan stupas, drive away spiritual leaders.
‘Red’ Study Trips for Children to Further Indoctrinate Them
School students in China are increasingly imbued with communist ideology, as the government intensifies their “patriotic education.”
Catholic Holy Site Shattered, Churches Closed or Demolished
The sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Henan and a myriad of Catholic churches across the country have been harassed by the Chinese regime.
Ethnic Kazakh Refugee from China Allowed to Remain in Kazakhstan
The case of Kaisha Akan is a victory for freedom and for those who support the cause of asylum seekers escaping detention in Xinjiang’s camps.
At Least 60 Catholic Venues Shut Down in Fuzhou Archdiocese
The clergy who refuse to be controlled by the state are harassed by authorities, subjected to indoctrination to make them join the Patriotic Church.