More Blows to Three-Self Church in Henan
As the province with the most significant number of religious people, Henan continues to suffer Cultural Revolution-style crackdown on its churches.
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Control Intensified on Travels Abroad
The Chinese authorities are expanding their long-term control over private outbound travel for citizens. Last year, the restrictions were applied not only for low-level civil servants and employees of state-run enterprises but also to teachers and health-care workers. To prevent people from traveling abroad, everyone is required to hand over their passports.
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Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Their Belief
Three members of The Church of Almighty God (CAG) – Liu Junhua, Yao Shuzhi, and Wu Baozhen – were gathered in the home of a fellow believer in Mudan district of Heze city in China’s eastern province of Shandong on October 24, 2017, when more than ten plainclothes police officers stormed in by kicking down the door. The three believers were writing down their experiences of believing in Almighty God, as part of their religious practices. The officers arrested all of them on suspicion of “using a xie jiao organization to undermine law enforcement,” stating that believing in Almighty God meant breaking the law.
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Organ Harvesting Tribunal 2019
According to experts that spoke at the second round of hearings of the China Tribunal against organ harvesting, held last weekend in London, the world is turning a blind eye to the “pillaging” of organs carried out with Beijing’s approval, and the practice shows no signs of abating.
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Call to Action: Time to Increase Pressure to Save Uyghurs
Repeating the message “Never Again,” broad coalition rallies to stop cultural genocide in China, call for specific US government action.
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Book in Italian on The Church of Almighty God Launched in Rome
Mondoreligioni, now in its second edition, is the largest festival of religions in Rome. It was created by Italian sociologist Emanuela Del Re, who now serves as Italy’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Several religions were present with booths, and offered shows with music and dance. One was The Church of Almighty God.
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Anti-Religious Bounty Hunters in Guangzhou: The Full Story
Last week, AsiaNews reported on cash rewards offered in the city of Guangzhou to “modern-day Judas” denouncing to the police illegal religious activities. Other media also discussed the Guangzhou reward policy.
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Thousands of Uyghurs Detained in a Gansu Prison
As Bitter Winter has previously reported, to hide the mass detention of Uyghurs, the Chinese authorities are transferring large numbers of detainees from the overcrowded prisons and transformation through education camps in Xinjiang to other provinces in China, such as Shaanxi, Gansu, Heilongjiang, and others.
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Xinjiang: The Largest Outdoor Prison in the World
The authorities’ persecution of Uyghur, ethnic Kazakh, and other Muslims in Xinjiang affects all aspects of their lives, causing Islamic traditions to face the threat of extinction.
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UK Parliament Debates Forced Live Organ Extraction in China
An in-depth debate at the British Parliament explores the issue of organ harvesting. China is accused of “crimes against humanity, on an industrial scale.”
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