A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
Li Fenglan had breast cancer and Li Yuzhen may have suffered from some natural illness too. However, denial of adequate medical treatment combined with torture is a form of persecution to death.
Only six months after the incident it was confirmed that Xia Zhenglun died in Guanyun County in September 2023.
Azam and Nadeem Masih were savagely abused until they recited the formula of conversion and recorded a video where they said they had converted freely.
Although efforts are now made to keep the information secret, “Bitter Winter” has obtained data and testimonies about several provinces.
Fellow dissident He Zongwang expressed doubts about the official version claiming that Ye died in jail of natural causes. He was arrested and his life is now at risk.
Like Hu Xinyu’s last winter, Xiao Yang’s death at Yuhuayuan School in Ningling County, Henan, was classified as suicide. This time, 10,000 came to protest.
Human rights activist Xie Junbiao continued to do in jail what he did outside: holding signs to protest injustice. This is not what you do in a Chinese prison, he was told.
Freed from jail in 2021, Shandong’s Wang Jinhua can no longer sleep without medicines nor speak clearly.
Alamusha was mistreated since 2013 because he refused to plead guilty. Things got worse when he converted to Christianity in jail.
