Official Religious Venues Punished for Slightest ‘Mistakes’
The infamous social credit system invades places of worship, as state-run churches and temples are evaluated with points, some closed down for being “substandard.”
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Religious Persecution
The Perils of The Church of Almighty God – 1
“In 1997, the year I turned 17, police officers arrested my father and persecuted him to death for no other reason than his faith in God. Unable to endure the pain and sorrow of losing his son, my grandfather, too, passed away after poisoning himself several years later. Having had a nervous breakdown after my father’s wretched death, my mother also recently left our side.”
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Propaganda Against The Church of Almighty God Surges in Henan
By vigorously manipulating public opinion, Henan Province intensifies suppression campaigns that have resulted in the arrest of over 300 believers since January.
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Worshiping in a Bathhouse to Evade Persecution
To avoid raids and arrests, house church believers disguise their venues or opt to pray in the mountains, just to stay away from the watchful eyes of the regime.
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Accused of “Foreign Infiltration,” Japanese Jehovah’s Witnesses Deported
CCP is surveilling and arresting foreign missionaries across China as part of a nationwide campaign, forcing believers to meet in hiding and conceal their faith.
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The Church of Almighty God Member Zou Demei Speaks At The Side Event
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.
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The Long Arm of the Dragon: Chinese Persecution of Refugees Fleeing Religious Persecution
Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power, the growing and systematic religious persecution in China has generated tens of thousands of refugees, who flee to democratic countries. The mere fact that refugees are granted asylum declares to the world that China is guilty of religious persecution. As the CCP has always presented itself as “great, glorious, correct,” how can it admit the fact that it persecutes religious belief and tramples on human rights? For this reason, the CCP has launched a long-term, systematic and massive campaign to harass refugees who flee religious persecution in China.
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Who Needs Religion? Buddhists Pressured to Be More Political
Communist propaganda echoes from inside temples, as places of worship are turning into Party indoctrination centers. CCP-supported abbots lead the way.
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Protection of Uyghurs, Church of Almighty God Refugees Requested at OSCE Meeting in Warsaw
Three speakers at the yearly Human Rights Implementation Meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ask OSCE participating States to grant asylum to religion-based refugees fleeing China.
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Being Christian in Xinjiang: Suppressed and Persecuted
House church believers from Shandong share their experience of a perilous trip to the Uyghur region to check on how fellow religionists practice their faith.
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