While in prison, a member of The Church of Almighty God, suffering from high blood pressure, was not given his medication, causing his condition to deteriorate.
China
Temples Punished for Not Worshiping Political Leaders
Statues and portraits of China’s leaders – former and present – continue to be placed in religious venues, in an effort to make them the only “gods.”
Coalitions Needed to Oppose CCP Propaganda: Lessons from Paris and Brussels
Protests in Paris and a conference at the European Parliament in Brussels confirm that the voices of CCP’s victims is amplified by coalitions.
Christian Takes His Life After Being Forced to Burn Crosses
“I have burned so many crosses. I betrayed God. What should I do?” These were the final words uttered by Wen Weiquan before he committed suicide.
High-Tech Used to Monitor Religious Venues
The authorities are using satellite positioning systems, aerial drones, and other high-tech tools to conduct surveillance on believers.
Thousands of Uyghurs Detained in a Gansu Prison
As a neighboring province of Xinjiang, Gansu has become one of the destinations for transferring detained Uyghurs.
Factories of Buddhist Statues Demolished in Hebei
The CCP is cracking down on Buddhist statues from the source: factories that cast them have become a new target of government’s attacks.
Henan Authorities Continue to Shut down House Churches
Meeting venues are raided, Bibles and religious articles seized, and believers registered and photographed for further surveillance.
Mailing Bibles and Religious Literature Banned
Chinese government threatens mail couriers with hefty fines for circulation of any religious materials, as the goal is to eradicate them completely.
Political Training: Cultivating “Red” Preachers
Three-Self church pastors forced to undergo “ideological conversion.” Xi Jinping and Mao must be preached together with Christ, or license to preach revoked.