“My family, relatives, friends and dozens of innocent people [I know] have been arrested since April 2017. I have no knowledge of how many more of our relatives have been arrested as we lost contact with them at the beginning of the year. They have not committed any crime… They are ordinary people… since then […]
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There has been a marked deterioration in the overall protection of human rights in China from 2013 to the present. The realisation of the right to FoRB for religion and belief communities in China remains a mixed picture, and conditions vary according to religion, location, ethnicity, attitudes of local officials as well as other factors.
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At least six unregistered Protestant churches in Guiyang city, Guizhou Province in Southwest China were shut down by authorities on 8 October. All six churches are from the same district and it is believed that similar forced closures are occurring in other districts in the city. The churches, which have a total of around 300 members,
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CSW is concerned by the Vatican’s recent decision to sign a provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops with China, which comes amid a crackdown on religious communities across the country, including the detention of Catholic clergy and restrictions on their religious practice. The agreement was signed on 22 September 2018. Details of the deal
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Save North Korean Refugees Day, which falls on 24 September, aims to highlight the terrible trials faced by North Korean refugees in China. It also marks the day, 36 years ago, that China became a signatory to the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, an agreement the country continues to violate through its treatment
Enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention in the Peoples Republic of China and Republic of Cuba 1. CSW (Christian Solidarity Worldwide) is a human rights organisation specialising in freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all. 2. This submission seeks to draw the Council’s attention to the prevalence of enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention in the
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China issued draft regulations on the management of Internet Religious Information Services on 10 September, which stipulate that those wishing to disseminate religious teachings and information online must apply for a license and meet certain requirements. The draft suggests a broad range of online actions would be covered, including “texts, pictures, audio and video, etc. through Internet
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CSW is calling for the release of Wang Quanzhang and those who are still detained following a spate of arrests of human rights lawyers across China, which began on 9 July 2015. Over 300 lawyers, human rights defenders and their colleagues and family members were detained, interrogated, or imprisoned in what is known as the
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Over recent months there have been a number of worrying developments concerning education, children’s rights, and the right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China. These include: Prohibitions against under 18s entering places of worship. Pressure from schools on children and parents to stop ‘believing in religion’. Blocked access to education on the basis
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Pastor Yang Hua of Living Stone Church in Guizhou Province, China was released from prison on 19 June. Pastor Yang Hua of Living Stone Church in Guizhou Province, China was from prison in the early hours of 19 June after completing a two and a half year sentence. According to friends and supporters, he is
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