Pressuring to join the state-approved church, authorities installed surveillance cameras and stationed police officers to intimidate the pastor and believers.
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Confidential Documents Escalate Repression of The Church of Almighty God
Provincial governments implement brutal suppression policies, aided with propaganda and resulting in arrests of believers.
Educating the New Generation of Loyal Communists
CCP is intensifying ideological indoctrination in schools by glorifying revolutionary past and making students cram the current Communist Party doctrines.
Persecution Against Jehovah’s Witnesses Escalates in China
For the first time, the article of the Criminal Code against xie jiao (“heterodox teachings”) is used in Xinjiang to indict 18 Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Hui Muslims Afraid of Becoming as Suppressed as Uyghurs
CCP’s increasing squashing of cultural and religious traditions of this ethnic group leaves them with the feeling of impending crisis, similar to Xinjiang.
“Sinicization” of Hymns to Praise the Party
Patriotic ideology and traditional Chinese culture forcefully replacing religious activities, churches pressured to stage plays and operas to transform faith.
Church of Almighty God’s Sister Zou Demei Is Free
Supported by a campaign by Bitter Winter and several NGOs, the former leader of the CAG in four Chinese provinces, who escaped to the US with a false passport, has finally left jail.
Catholic Pilgrimages Come Under Strict CCP Control
The striking cases of Ludezhuang, Mozi Mountain, Sheshan Hill and Niuyu Cross Mountain forced to recognize the state. We heard the voice of the witnesses
Xinjiang Police App Used for Illegal Surveillance
All-encompassing data on Muslim residents is collected and used against them to justify mass detentions in the name of counter-terrorism.
Indoctrination Classes for Disobedient Catholic Clergy
Forty-five priests from the Diocese of Zhangjiakou were forced to undergo “ideological conversion classes” to make them join the Patriotic Church.