About China Voices Welcome to China Voices, a CSW quarterly update on freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China. All cases cited have either been published publicly or reported through CSW sources. For feedback or for further information, please contact: . Overview China 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) concluded on 11 March. The report […]
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Hui Christian Pastor Ma Yan was sentenced to nine months in prison for ‘organising illegal gatherings’ by the Yinchuan Railway Transportation Court in China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on 24 March. Ma was charged and tried on 10 February 2025 for organising a gathering of no more than ten Christians in Jinfeng District, Yinchuan, Ningxia, which was raided
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The Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in Northwestern China is one of the five ethnic minority autonomous regions in the country. In 1914, Ningxia was merged with Gansu Province, but was detached and became its own individual province in 1928. Later, in 1954, it was again administratively merged with Gansu until 1958 when it was separated
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A group of 40 Uyghur men detained in Thailand for more than a decade were deported to China in the early hours of 27 February. Local sources, including Thai Member of Parliament Romadon Panjor, reported witnessing two sets of vehicles with covered windows transporting detainees from the International Detention Centre (IDC) in Suan Phlu, Bangkok. Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn
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A Hui Christian pastor from China’s Yunnan Province was charged and tried on 10 February for ‘organising illegal gatherings’ in relation to a gathering of no more than ten Christians in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Ma Yan, a 32-year-old preacher from Zhenxiong, Yunnan Province, was detained along with three other Christians during a raid
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‘There has been a powerful hand behind the scenes interfering and manipulating the trial of my case.’ – A quote from Ma Yanhu’s appeal letter, seen by CSW For two decades, Ma Yanhu worked as a tour organiser for hundreds of Chinese Muslims looking to make the Hajj pilgrimage to the Islamic holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
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Welcome to our latest edition of China Voices. This quarter saw the publication of General Briefing: China, which provides an overview of changes in China’s legal framework, highlights key issues and recent trends relating to FoRB, and provides recommendations to the UK Government to advocate on key FoRB issues. Other topics covered in this
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