Students from Lhasa Teachers College supplied “Bitter Winter” with some interesting documents.
China
Decision Delayed for Imprisoned Yinchuan Preacher Ma Yan
His only crime is his consistent refusal to join the government-controlled Three Self Church.
Hefei’s Ganquan Church: Trial of Pastor Zhou Songlin and Elder Ding Zhongfu Keeps Being Postponed
The two Christian leaders remain in jail, where Elder Ding is experiencing serious health problems.
Terror Through Photographs: China Publishes Pictures of Church of Almighty God Refugees Abroad
A Chinese website collects and publishes photographs of CAG asylum seekers in democratic countries. China will easily identify them with facial recognition software.
China Wins Again: 48 Uyghur Refugees Repatriated by Thailand
For more than a decade, they have been kept in horrible conditions by Thai authorities. Now they will meet their fate in China. How long can the international community tolerate this?
The Transnational Persecution of The Church of Almighty God: An Appeal
Arrest, torture, extra-judicial killings in China and harassment abroad continue to target devotees of the church. Their asylum request in democratic countries should be granted.
Morocco Finally Frees Uyghur Dissident Idris Hasan
A Uyghur man gains his freedom after more than three years of unjust imprisonment
The Church of Almighty God Publishes Yearly Report of Persecution
In 2024, there were more arrests, more torture, and more extra-judicial killings. Refugees were systematically harassed abroad.
China’s Ministry of Public Security Reports Increased Anti-Religious Repression in 2024
Besides police activity and arrests, the Ministry claims it organized 56,000 events against “xie jiao” during the year, reaching more than 17 million citizens.
Church of Almighty God: 648 Members Arrested in Jilin, Two Died from Torture
Data about the increased persecution of the church in the last months of 2024 depict a horrific situation and new forms of torture.