A nearly 70-year-old and one of the most influential house churches in Fujian Province ceased to function on May 31; the church’s pastor heavily fined.
China
Buddhist and Taoist Temples Sealed Off and Altered
Under the CCP’s religious crackdown, Buddhist and Taoist temples are being demolished or forced to undergo a “metamorphosis.”
Churches Shut Down, Demolished—Despite Deals with CCP
The compromises Three-Self churches made with the Chinese government only brought intensified persecution, not peace.
A Global Tiananmen: Remembering Is Not Enough
June 4 commemorates Tiananmen. It is more than a memory. Persecution continues in China, and is even exported abroad through the harassment of refugees.
Sayragul Sauytbay Has Left Kazakhstan
Still without refugee status in Kazakhstan, the woman who exposed the horror of Xinjiang camps left the country on June 3, seeking asylum in Sweden.
Local Officials at the Forefront of Crackdown on Religions
Prohibited from believing in God themselves, Party members and officials are pledging to watch for and persecute all religious activities.
Thousand Wrongful Arrests Just to Impede Religions
People that are not even members of prohibited religious groups can be persecuted only because of their religious relatives or as a result of random events.
The Purge of Religion-Related Signboards Escalates
Many businesses have been forced to change their names, eliminating any references to faith, even if the signs were not meant to be religious at all.
For “Tiananmen Mothers” It’s Not yet Time to Surrender
Thirty years after the horrible massacre, which took away their children forever, they keep on fighting for the truth. An exhibit in Washington, D.C., honors them.
Taiwan Religious Freedom Forum Denounces Persecution, Organ Harvesting in China
Three-day conference concludes with statements exposing CCP’s horrific repression of Uyghurs and movements it labels as xie jiao. Bitter Winter was there.