Authorities removed the cross of a government-controlled Protestant church in Yichuan County, Henan Province, only after a third attempt: two teams of crane operators refused to dismantle it. In the early morning of April 10, a crane appeared at the church, and its...
Five house church members from Qingdao, Shandong Province were sentenced to a year and four months in prison and continue to be persecuted after their release. On May 22, 2016, the police raided a house church in the Yifengdian town, Jimo city, Qingdao, Shandong and...
A member of The Church of Almighty God had to flee his home and lost his family after his name has been put on the most-wanted list. The name of Wang Kai (pseudonym), a member of The Church of Almighty God from Shangqiu city, Henan, was put on the list of wanted...
At a side event during the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, doctors report about organs being removed from Falun Gong, Uyghurs, and other prisoners of conscience in China, and used for transplant. In 2006, reports that corneas were being removed from Falun...
Authorities have been persecuting the school for over two decades, forcing its constant relocation. Various Christian movements and religious groups in China have opened up private schools where classes on religions are taught alongside the regular curriculum. Due to...
The U.S. Congressional Commission on China, chaired by Senator Marco Rubio, heard experts and witnesses on the growing persecution of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. During the week of the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, a gathering of more than 80 Foreign...
A congregation in Yulin City, Shaanxi had repeatedly been raided by the local police at night and had their property looted. Some Christians were sentenced for up to five years. The congregation site was located in Yulin city and was the meeting place for the...
Eyewitnesses reveal that a vocational training center has been turned into a “transformation through education” camp in Bole city, Xinjiang. Informed sources report that a vocational training center located at No. 13 Qiancheng Road, Nancheng in Xinjiang’s Bole has...
Court of Appeal in Lincang, Yunnan, confirms heavy prison sentences for Christians accused of being members of a banned movement they insist they never heard of. On May 3, 2018, Bitter Winter reported that house church Christians in Yunnan were being arrested and...
Many government-controlled Protestant Three-Self churches have been shut down or ordered to remove their crosses in the city of Changchun. An administrative village in Wanjinta township, Nong’an county, Changchun city is home to a small Three-Self church with...