2021

House church leader formally arrested on fraud charges after weeks in detention

Zhang Chunlei, an elder of Love (Ren’ai) Reformed Church in Guiyang in China’s southwestern Guizhou province, has been officially arrested and accused of fraud after nearly seven weeks in detention. Mr Zhang was first placed under administrative detention for ‘illegally operating as an association’ on 16 March 2021. His detention followed a police raid on a Christian […]

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New regulations described as ‘one more weapon’ to restrict religious communities

New administrative measures on religious staff, released by China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs in February 2021, will come into effect on 1 May amid concerns from some religious leaders about their restrictive nature. One human rights lawyer described the measures as “one more weapon in [the Chinese authorities’] arsenal to limit or further persecute

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China Voices: January – March 2021

Welcome to China Voices, a quarterly update on freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China produced by CSW. This update is based on research and opinion from reliable sources* with first-hand information. As media coverage of China issues intensifies, and it becomes increasingly difficult for journalists and others to travel to the country, we

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North Korea and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region: Grim parallels in two of the most repressive parts of the world

On 3 March the China-focused information platform SupChina published translated extracts from a 16-hour discussion in a “room” on the app Clubhouse called “Is there a concentration camp in Xinjiang?” The room attracted an incredible 4,000 participants, but the truly remarkable thing about the conversation was that it brought together Uyghurs and Han Chinese people

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EU set to sanction Chinese officials linked to Uyghur persecution

The European Union (EU) is expected to apply sanctions later this month against four individuals and one entity in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in connection with human rights abuses against the Uyghur people. Diplomats speaking to the Wall Street Journal and EU Observer said the sanctions, which will be applied under the EU’s Global

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