Department of State Religious Freedom Report: China Is Guilty of “Crimes against Humanity”

Secretary Blinken introduced the report on May 12 by singling out China as a country that “criminalizes religious expression” in general. Blinken did not avoid two politically significant definitions: “crimes against humanity” for how China treats religion, and “genocide” for what is being done to “Uyghurs and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups.”

China’s Other Virus, Religious Persecution: Christian Solidarity Worldwide

MASSIMO INTROVIGNE | BITTER WINTER A+ | A- In its new report about China, the well-known Christian NGO denounces the increased repression of Muslim, Buddhists, Taoist, Catholics, House Churches, Falun Gong, and The Church of Almighty God On March 31, 2020, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, a London-based Christian organization and one of the most respected NGOs denouncing religious persecution […]

Merry Christmas from Bitter Winter—and a Prayer for Those in Jail

After a few months, Liu developed a severe case of nephritis, due to overwork and malnutrition. She reported to the camp’s medical personnel but was told she was not sick enough to stop working, and toy horses needed to be produced. When she was released in 2009, her nephritis had become chronic, and she finally died at the First People’s Hospital in Linqing, Shandong on August 20, 2012.

Interview: ‘Time To Push Aggressively on Tibet’

Tashi Wangchuk | Radio Free Asia Sam Brownback is a lawyer, former United States Senator and former governor of the state of Kansas who has served as the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom since February 2018.  On Nov. 21, he spoke with RFA Tibetan Service reporter Tashi Wangchuk about his visit at the end […]

US Supports Coalition Formed to Advance Religious Freedom in China

JENNIFER ZANG | EPOCH TIMES WASHINGTON—For the first time, persecuted faith groups in China and human rights organizations are forming a coalition to advance religious freedom in China, with the backing of the Trump administration and members of Congress. Sam Brownback, the U.S. ambassador at large for International Religious Freedom, and Rep. James P. McGovern […]

Crackdown on Christian Churches Intensifies in China

Joyce Huang  |  Voice of America Authorities in central China’s Henan province are ratcheting up pressure on unregistered religious establishments with the intent of shutting down at least two-thirds of Christian churches there. Observers say the aim of the policy from China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, appears to be to contain the growth and spread […]

Vatican’s China Moves Stun Chinese Catholics

James Burke  |  Vision Times Not long after taking power in China, the officially atheist Chinese Communist Party (CCP) broke off ties with the Vatican, but now, ongoing back-room negotiations between officials from the Holy See and Beijing could change that, much to disillusionment of many Chinese Catholics. As part of the Vatican’s 4-year-long efforts […]

Chinese Transplant Doctors’ Flimsy Defense at Vatican Meets Fierce Rebuttal

Larry Ong  |  Epoch Times For months a prestigious conference on combating international organ trafficking and transplant tourism had been planned at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Experts in the field were scheduled to attend. But a storm of controversy erupted over the participation of a controversial Chinese transplant surgeon and his colleague, with dozens […]

Three Brutal Religious Persecutions That Are Still Happening in China Today

NTD TV Mainland China is the site of some of the largest and most brutal human rights abuses. Chinese of faith have been persecuted since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power in 1949. They have been arrested, tortured, put in labor camps as prisoners of conscience, and even mass-murdered for their organs.  Tibetan Buddhism […]