Bitter Winter publishes the core part of the decision of the Korla City People’s Court dated June 30, 2020. For the background, see our relevant article.
Jehovah’s Witnesses
18 Jehovah’s Witnesses Sentenced to Years in Jail in Xinjiang
The 18 Jehovah’s Witnesses arrested in Xinjiang have now been sentenced to long jail terms. Lawyers complain of the inhumane conditions of their detention.
Suppressing Jehovah’s Witnesses to “Prevent Espionage”
More than 100 believers were summoned by law enforcement and investigated, numerous foreign missionaries arrested and deported from China.
Tormented Jehovah’s Witnesses Missionaries Leave China
Believers from South Korea are packing their things and get ready to go home to escape CCP’s persecutions and harassment they face every day because of their faith.
Accused of “Foreign Infiltration,” Japanese Jehovah’s Witnesses Deported
CCP is surveilling and arresting foreign missionaries across China as part of a nationwide campaign, forcing believers to meet in hiding and conceal their faith.
How to Survive Being Jehovah’s Witness in China?
Believers from Shandong Province share their experience of how to avoid being identified as religious and evade persecution while practicing their faith.
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Xinjiang: How to Become a Xie Jiao
The indictment of a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses confirms that Art. 300 of the Chinese Criminal Code is enforced against those who did not commit any crime other than spreading their beliefs.
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.
Jehovah’s Witnesses and Freemasonry: Accusations in China and the Historical Record
Government-controlled Three-Self Churches Accuse the Jehovah’s Witnesses to be related to Freemasonry. But they misunderstand the Witnesses’ early history.
Jehovah’s Witnesses Hunted down and Deported
China’s religious persecution extends to all religions without discrimination.