The Korea-based Good News Mission, a christian movement, is being banned in China, and its churches raided, one province after the other.
Religious Persecution
A Slow Boil: Memories of Life in China During the Uyghur Genocide
Longread: an American student’s bitter reflections on his ten years in China, alongside the “ethnic cleansing” of Uyghurs and the persecution of Muslims.
Shouters: Persecuted in China and Entitled to Asylum, Court of Rome Says
An important decision recognized refugee status in Italy to members of groups classified as “xie jiao” by the Chinese Communist Party.
Shouters: Crackdown Continues, Devotee Sentenced in Beijing
In Beijing, Jiangsu, and Guangxi local Shouters communities were forced to close. Several members remain in jail.
Followers of Persecuted Buddhist Leader Arrested in Henan
Nobody knows whether Tian Ruisheng died or went into seclusion. What is certain, members of his Xiang Gong movement are still persecuted.
Pakistan: Christians Beaten, Terrorized, 10-Year-Old Girl Raped
Christian villages experience “religious cleansing,” while several Christian children have been raped in Karachi.
“Final” Crackdown on the Lord God’s Teachings Church
Despite heavy persecution, the offshoot of the Shouters is still active in rural areas. The CCP arrests and tortures members to eradicate it.
France’s Strange War Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses
A report submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee details 25 years of discrimination and harassment against Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Taiyuan Reformed Church Under Police Attack
Brother Zhao Weikai has been arrested on May 17. The house church in Taiyuan (China) has been repeatedly harassed in the last few months.
Religiocide: How to Kill a Religion
A new book discusses how religions end. Some are killed—by democratic states.