The Chinese authorities deployed a satellite positioning system during the new crackdown on The Church of Almighty God. From July 24 to July 31, the Chinese Communist Party launched a new massive arrest operation in Shanxi, codenamed “Fox,” seeking to arrest members...
The Board of Immigration Appeals granted on August 13 a stay of removal to the leader of The Church of Almighty God in four Chinese provinces, who was to be deported to China after August 15. Bitter Winter reported on August 13 that attorney Russell Abrutyn had filed...
A Bitter Winter reporter has managed to talk to a detainee in one of the “transformation through education camps” for local Muslims in Xinjiang, where over 1,200 men and women are held. The “transformation through education camp” is in a three-story building...
Local authorities in Yunnan resorted to trickery to illegally demolish a temple. In the last week of June, a Buddhist temple in Yunnan Province’s Suijiang county fell prey to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) continuing assault on religious faith. The deputy...
Chinese officials intimidate senior believers by forcing them to renounce their faith, or their allowances would be discontinued. As per stories coming out of Henan province, local government officials have taken to intimidate elderly Christians for their faith. These...
In acts that remind of the Cultural Revolution era style policing, the Chinese Communist authorities have intensified their attack on Islam. “Halal” is a term that is usually applied to food and drinks and defines what is permissible or traditional as per Islamic...
The authorities closed down a charitable institution for children because it was established and run by Christians from abroad. Last month, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities shut down the Xinmi Welfare Home, House of Mercy, a home for orphans in Xinmi city...
Mr. Russell Abrutyn, attorney for the leader of The Church of Almighty God in four Chinese provinces currently detained in Detroit, who faces deportation back to China and possible execution there, has filed a motion to reopen her case, with new evidence. Readers of...
Since the end of March, the Chinese authorities have forbidden the sales of the Bible online and restricted the distribution of religious literature, closing down numerous sellers. Individuals who ordered religious texts have also been apprehended and monitored. On...
A believer in Almighty God was detained in May, and her family has not been able to visit her or even get any information on her whereabouts. As Bitter Winter reported earlier, over 100 members of The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese Christian new religious movement,...