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Authorities Wipe Out Mosques in Shihezi City

Authorities Wipe Out Mosques in Shihezi City

Most mosques in this Xinjiang city had been demolished already, but now the remaining ones are being shut down as well. The residents of China’s western region of Xinjiang where almost half of the population are Muslim Uyghurs, have been going through increasingly...

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Germany Has Deported Sister Zhao Back to China

Germany Has Deported Sister Zhao Back to China

Ignoring appeals by the Red Cross and several NGOs, Germany has forcibly deported Sister Zhao, a member of The Church of Almighty God, back to China on August 31. She is unaccounted for since. Bitter Winter has reported repeatedly on the case of Sister Zhao Xueliang,...

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Authorities Remove Church Crosses on Flimsy Pretexts

Authorities Remove Church Crosses on Flimsy Pretexts

The Chinese authorities have been demolishing and shutting down churches, and their reasons for doing that are now becoming increasingly unsound. Bitter Winter has reported extensively from Henan about the demolitions and shut down of the state-sanctioned Protestant...

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