Crackdown on religion is now a key task for officials in towns and villages, higher-ups imposing personal responsibility on them for the success of persecutions.
Surveillance
More Restrictions in Xinjiang: Visiting Friends and Family Strictly Controlled
Even a visit to a family member or a trip outside the region required to be registered with government officials. Those overstaying could be punished.
Be Vigilant, Your Landlord or Doctor Could Be Spying on You
CCP has cast a wide net of snoops across the country to monitor all believers, regardless of their denomination. No one knows who could be watching them.
Accomplices: Western Companies Supporting CCP Atrocities Denounced in Washington
At the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom organized by the U.S. State Department in Washington DC, high-tech companies supplying components to Chinese surveillance systems are told that this is immoral—and should be illegal too.
Is Huawei a Backdoor for the Chinese Military and Secret Services?
A research by Dr. Christopher Balding on the telecommunication giant created by former military Mr. Ren Zhengfei documents the connections that Italian former Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi considers alarming.
In Xinjiang, Even Buying Sugar Can Send You to an Internment Camp
For ordinary people, surveilled daily – even to enter one’s home – and treated as terrorists, life in the region turned into a depressing, prison-like existence.
Increased Security to Prevent Leaks on Mosques’ Demolition
Authorities adopt surveillance measures, like drones, plainclothes police, and blocked mobile networks, to keep under wraps their crackdowns on the religious.
Sola Fide Meeting Venue Forced to Dissolve
Pressuring to join the state-approved church, authorities installed surveillance cameras and stationed police officers to intimidate the pastor and believers.
Xinjiang Police App Used for Illegal Surveillance
All-encompassing data on Muslim residents is collected and used against them to justify mass detentions in the name of counter-terrorism.
Surveillance Cameras Besiege Three-Self Churches
Believers in government-controlled churches have their personal and religious freedoms violated, as authorities watch their every move.