A church in Zhejiang Province was torn down in 2014 and multiple people were injured while protesting it. The cross of a church in Zhejiang Province was torn down in 2014 and multiple people were injured while protesting it. On July 21, 2014, the cross of the...
Authorities demand pastors to learn and explain Communist Party government policies before giving sermons and include ideological propaganda into them. According to sources in a Christian church in Hanzhong city, Shaanxi Province, all church activities related to the...
A principal from China’s Liaoning Province has been on Communist Party’s watch list ever since he became religious. Yang Zhi (pseudonym) used to be a Communist Party member until 2014. That was the year other members found out that he was religious and believed in...
Dear Chancellor Merkel: We are NGOs active in the field of religious liberty, and write about the urgent situation of a Chinese refugee, Ms. Zhao, currently detained at the Aufsichts und Dienstleistungsdirektion Landeseinrichtung für Asylbegehrende und...
In a tactic that is reminiscent of Cultural Revolution, people of Christian faith were publicly humiliated by parading them in streets. During China’s Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s to 1970s, a large number of people who were seen as violators of any kind by...
Arrested by the police, a member of The Church of Almighty God, managed to escape, forcing authorities to start a manhunt, promising local population financial rewards for tip-offs. Kang Min (pseudonym) is a member of The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese Christian...
Believers working for the state lost their jobs, homes, and privileges after their faith had been exposed. Since the new Regulation on Religious Affairs came into force in February 2018, China’s government employees, teachers, healthcare workers, and Communist Party...
The family of a believer in Almighty God has been harassed to coerce him into coming back to China after he had left because of his faith. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities persecute not only believers who live in the country, but they also target those who...
Bitter Winter has received and publishes a confidential document detailing how the persecution of the movements listed as xie jiao (“heterodox teachings”) should be conducted between April 2018 and January 2019. The Church of Almighty God is the primary target. Xie...
Law enforcement officers apprehended an Evangelical preacher during her father-in-law’s funeral. While preacher Ding Lijuan (pseudonym) of the Local Church in Jiaozuo city, Henan, was making funeral arrangements for her father-in-law, she was arrested by the Chinese...