Hebei authorities used explosives to destroy the “Dripping-Water Guanyin” statue, as the CCP’s intense crackdown on large religious statues continues.
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Profiting from Persecution: China’s Forced Labor Prisons
Religious prisoners are put to work making clothes or electronics in brutal conditions: 12-hour workdays, denied of nutritious food and medical care, tortured.
Underground Catholics Survive 20 Years of Outdoor Masses
A site of Marian apparition and papally-approved pilgrimage route was blockaded, yet underground believers persevere through cold and rain.
Authorities Sinicize Mosques Across China
Thanks to the policy to make religions “more Chinese,” Islamic symbols have been removed from buildings in Gansu Province and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
House Churches in Danger of Being Labeled Xie Jiao
The label xie jiao, reserved for banned “heterodox teachings,” is now increasingly applied to “normal” house churches.
Muslims Arrested, Families Sent Back to Xinjiang
Muslims from Xinjiang who work in other provinces find themselves harassed and separated from their families, leaving wives and children struggling to survive.
Shadows on Upcoming China’s Universal Periodic Review
A troika led by Riyadh is to give the final judgment on Beijing’s human rights record as a new $28 billion US dollars cooperation agreement ties the two countries.
Religious Persecution at Universities Rises
In China, universities are regarded as a bastion for promoting socialism through education. As a result, the suppression of religious students is never-ending.
Shaolin Martial Arts Schools Forced to Take “Red Road”
Famous schools must cut all ties with their historical past, shedding robes and statues and names that evoke their Buddhist origins.
Citizens Face Retaliation for Filming Police Brutality
In China, bystanders are arrested, beaten, investigated for years for daring to document violence committed by police. Why do CCP authorities fear oversight?