Mandatory cremation and purchase of cemetery spaces for the ashes are denounced as both a scam enriching greedy bureaucrats and an attack against ancestor worship.
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NEWS FROM CHINA
Shenzhen, 4,000 Villagers Confront the Police After Destruction of an Ancestral Hall
By Qi Junzao
The 300-year old monument in Futian District has been demolished due to a combination of official disregard for spiritual traditions and land speculation.
Hefei’s Ganquan Church: Wives Call for Release of Pastor Zhou, Elder Ding
By Wang Zhipeng
The two Christian leaders falsely accused of fraud suffer of diseases that cannot be treated in jail, families say.
News from the world
Albania: Evangelical Pastor Found Guilty of “Hate Speech” Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses
Pastor Paulin Vilajeti had called the organization in a TV show a “dangerous Satanic cult” “sowing hatred” and “inciting suicide.”
Democratic Republic of Congo: Cardinal Ambongo Threatened by the Government
The country’s Attorney General wants the Catholic leader silenced and prosecuted. Why?
How Putin Humors Xi Jinping: Crackdown on Moscow’s Falun Gong
A woman has been arrested on May 3 and three other practitioners held as witnesses.
Testimonies from China
20 Years of the World Uyghur Congress
In Munich, Germany, the major umbrella organization of the Uyghur diaspora celebrated two decades of operation with an important three-day event.
USCIRF: China’s Religious Liberty and “Malignant Influence” Getting Worse
The 2024 USCIRF report notes a deteriorating situation in several countries. “Bitter Winter” remains a trusted source.
Church of Almighty God: Two Stories of Torture in Chinese Jails
By Jiang Tao
“Bitter Winter” publishes exclusive pictures and testimonies about the brutal abuse of female believers of the persecuted Christian new religious movement.
Testimonies from the World
Ukraine: Italian Money for Odesa’s Cathedral Heavily Damaged by Russian Shelling Urgently Needed
Promised Western assistance for religious places of worship damaged by Russia’s war should not be delayed by bureaucracy. Ukraine needs it now.
Another Human Rights Problem in Kazakhstan: Domestic Abuse
By Ruth Ingram
Domestic abuse in Kazakhstan must stop, demands a new generation of students, dismayed by entrenched attitudes in their culture.
Russia and FECRIS: When a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
Archpriest Alexander Novopashin lectures against “Ukrainian recruiters of terrorists” —and continues to display a huge FECRIS logo.
Interviews
Ukraine: Italian Money for Odesa’s Cathedral Heavily Damaged by Russian Shelling Urgently Needed
Promised Western assistance for religious places of worship damaged by Russia’s war should not be delayed by bureaucracy. Ukraine needs it now.
Op-eds China
The CCP Uses Taiwanese Box-Office Hit to Manipulate Christians
By Wang Zhipeng
The film “Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils” (in Taiwan “The Pig, the Snake, and the Pigeon”) is used for mobilizing Christians against “cults” and “illegal religion”—misinterpreting it.
Featured China
Ren Bishi: CCP Honors Maoist Leader Who Purged and Killed Dissidents
A great celebration for the 120th anniversary of the birth of a military commander and ideologist who played a key role in the bloody Yan’an Rectification Campaign.
Op-eds International
A Pseudo-Investigation Criticizes Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Shunning
Rosie Luther’s article published in “Pastoral Psychology” may be many different things but is not scientific research.
Featured International
Tai Ji Men Case, FoRB Problems in Japan, France, Discussed in Leuven
At an international religious liberty conference, panelists insisted that different incidents are not isolated but should be confronted in a comparative perspective.
Documents and translations
La Russie et la FECRIS : quand une image en dit plus que mille mots
L’archiprêtre Alexander Novopashin fait des conférences contre les « recruteurs ukrainiens de terroristes » et continue d’afficher un énorme logo de la FECRIS.
Sœurs Dominicaines du Saint-Esprit : Le Vatican opposé à la France sur la liberté religieuse
Le Saint-Siège a rappelé à la France que lorsque des tribunaux civils remettent en cause la décision d’expulser une moniale de son ordre religieux, la liberté de religion est « gravement violée ».
フランス、上院の反対を押し切って新たな反カルト法を可決
この法律は「心理的服従」という新たな犯罪を創設し、主流の医療を批判する可能性を制限し、宗教や信仰の自由を深刻な危険にさらしている。