After football star Mesut Özil dared to protest, Beijing has launched a new offensive to persuade the world that Uyghurs are not persecuted. These are just more fake news.
How the CCP Lies About Xinjiang: The Story of Eziz
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Believer Returns Disabled After 7 Years of Torment in Prison
A Church of Almighty God member was jailed for her faith in 2012. After years of torture and forced labor in a Chinese prison, her life will never be the same.
The Beijing Declaration on Human Rights: A Fraudulent Document
The CCP recruited its friends to sign an alternative declaration on human rights, whose aim is in fact justifying Chinese and other violations of the same human rights.
More Buddhist Statues Succumb to Nationwide Demolition Drive
The CCP continues its campaign to obliterate outdoor Buddhist statues across China, coming up with a myriad of trumped-up reasons to demolish or conceal them.
Imams From Other Provinces Driven out of Henan’s Mosques
The government has launched a campaign to force imams back to their places of origin, as part of a broader policy to weaken Islamic communities in China.
Burning Incense and Kowtowing to Chairman Mao and President Xi
While Buddhist and Taoist temples are being destroyed and closed down every day, places of worship dedicated to China’s Communist Party leaders are thriving.
Bitter Winter Feature Series for Human Rights Day (IV): The CCP’s Continuing Violation of All Human Rights
December 10 was Human Rights Day. Bitter Winter celebrates it with four articles. Here, we address issues other than religious liberty.
The Price of Studies in Inland China for Uyghur Youth
Enrolled to study outside Xinjiang, Uyghur students are subjected to intense indoctrination and “hanification,” intended to veer them from their religion and culture.
Central Government Inspections Prompt Assaults on Believers
Before the second round of religious work review in Shandong Province, local authorities intensified crackdowns on religious venues and groups of all denominations.
Nazi-Style CCP Book Burning Targets Religious Books
Images of books removed from libraries in China and publicly burned evoke disturbing reminiscences of the Nazi campaign of 1933.