Grassroots-level bureaucrats are supervised to ensure their diligence in executing the central government’s policies on religion. Any misstep results in a penalty.
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Organs on Demand: China’s Illegal Transplant Industry Flourishes
Despite international condemnation, organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China has never stopped. One can get a kidney of choice in just two weeks.
Religious Suppression Surges Ahead of Military World Games in Hubei’s Capital Wuhan
“President Xi Jinping hates to see crosses,” declare authorities, as they clamp down on places of worship, in preparations to host the sports event in October.
Government Continues to Dismantle House Churches in Fujian
Accused of “illegality” or “disturbance,” terrorized and manipulated, numerous house churches are closed down to make them join the official Protestant church.
CCP Resorts to Bread and Circuses Policy, Seeking to Keep People Away from Religion
Local authorities intensify efforts in organizing events of popular appeal to make people refute their faith and pray to the only God – the Communist Party.
“Please Save My Husband”: Serikzhan Bilash’s Life is in Danger
Wife of imprisoned Kazakh anti-CCP activist asks the international community to save her husband, claiming he may be secretly deported to China and “disappear” there.
The State Seized a Three-Self Church in Henan, Despite Believer’s Fierce Resistance
Under the CCP’s totalitarian rule, even state-licensed churches become “illegal” after well-organized campaigns of threats and manipulations are implemented.
Henan Wages Intense Crackdown on Hui Muslims’ Faith
The CCP is “sinicizing” Muslims outside Xinjiang, eliminating their culture and religion, as part of the five-year plan. Islam-related symbols are first to go.
Guilt by Association: Re-Educating Church of Almighty God Believers’ Families in Xinjiang
Relatives of The Church of Almighty God members who are sent to internment camps are surveilled by the state and forced to undergo “political conversion.”
Buddhist Temples “Reformed” to Become CCP’s Pawns
The CCP is training abbots as mouthpieces to spread propaganda and requires temples to undergo standardized management assessments.