On June 14, police attacked the Sunday service in Chengdu, detaining several elders and members
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The Long Reach of Beijing Now Extends Across the Democratic World
A new U.S. Congressional‑Executive Commission report describes a global strategy of intimidation far beyond China’s borders.
European Court of Human Rights: Serbia Condemned for Banning Falun Gong Protests
The European judges defended peaceful assembly against a censorship logic imported from China. An analysis of the June 2 decision.
Tiananmen Mothers Robbed Even of Their Grief
For the first time in 30 years, the families were told that their annual 4 June visit to the graves of those killed in 1989 would not be allowed.
Uyghur Rights: Dutch Parliament Hits Beijing Where It Hurts
Finally, the human rights issue is connected with trade by two parliamentary resolutions.
Buddhist Monk Detained After Marking the Tiananmen Anniversary
A quiet act of remembrance on June 4 leads to the detention of a Shandong monk long targeted for his views on faith and civic rights.
Sick and Pensionless: The Long Punishment of a Xinjiang Falun Gong Professor
The story of Li Xianghong reveals how, in today’s China, a prison sentence ends, but the machinery of reprisal does not.
From Buddha to Racetrack: A Sacred Site in Drakgo Is Rewritten by Force
A revered statue’s grounds become a horseracing field. Cultural erasure in historical Tibet now proceeds through construction as much as demolition and removal.
When the Dao Must March in Formation: The New Management System for Taoist Clergy
The model tightens ideological discipline and expands monitoring, while temples quietly resist pressure to preach political doctrine rather than classical cultivation.
China’s Patriotic Catholic Church Promotes the Ethnic Unity Law
The official Catholic body promotes with zeal a law internationally condemned while ignoring the Papal encyclical that the rest of the Catholic world is discussing.