Special “Regulations on Religious Affairs” for Xinjiang, of which “Bitter Winter” offers a full English translation, will further reduce the possibility of religion to survive, if not as a propaganda mouthpiece of the Communist Party.
Religious Persecution
How Torture Destroyed the Mental Health of a Falun Gong Teacher
Freed from jail in 2021, Shandong’s Wang Jinhua can no longer sleep without medicines nor speak clearly.
Christian Inmate Tortured in Notorious Southern Mongolia Prison
Alamusha was mistreated since 2013 because he refused to plead guilty. Things got worse when he converted to Christianity in jail.
An Old Couple in Jail: Husband and Wife Sentenced in Henan as Falun Gong Practitioners
Li Shulin, 68 and at his fourth arrest, and his wife Wang Lijuan, 71, received heavy sentences in Luoyang, Henan,
Hui Muslim Poet Who Supported the Uyghurs Harassed and Beaten
Cui Haoxin (who writes under the pen name An Ran) was arrested twice in 2018 and 2020. He is free on bail but has now been savagely beaten by an “unknown” attacker.
United Nations Condemns Nicaragua’s Anti-Catholic and Anti-Religious Persecution
Noting a “systematic pattern” of cracking down on religion, the U.N. through two Special Rapporteurs asks to terminate the “arbitrary detention” of Bishop Álvarez.
Two Years After Leader’s Death, CCP Admits Guan Yin Chitta Is Still Active in China
Master Lu Junhong died on November 10, 2021. The Buddhist movement continues to flourish—and to be persecuted.
Pakistan. The Mystery of Danish Kaneria: Match-Fixing or Religious Discrimination?
The cricket player was banned for fixing matches in 2012. Now he claims he was framed because he was a Hindu, and confessed only because his life was threatened.
Street Evangelist Chen Wensheng Arrested for the Umpteenth Time
The former drug addict and popular character among Chinese Christians is in jail again in Hunan. He has been detained more than 100 times.
Falun Gong Surgeon Raped in Prison and Forced to Drink Urine
Li Lizhuang was arrested and sentenced to more than ten years in jail for promoting the “Nine True Word Meditation” during the COVID pandemic.