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The case of Linfen Covenant Home Church (Part 3)
Wang Qiang has never met his son. His wife was seven months pregnant when he was violently arrested outside his workplace in Linfen, China on 1 November 2022, and he has not seen his family – including also his four-year-old daughter Mimi – since then.
The case of Linfen Covenant Home Church (Part 2)
Xixi hasn’t seen her father Han Xiaodong since he was arrested in August 2022. She was just five years old at the time, and she and her two younger brothers have been afraid to sleep in their own beds ever since.
The case of Linfen Covenant Home Church (Part 1)
Preacher Li Jie and his wife Li Shanshan were among the earliest members of Covenant Home (“Shengyue Jiayuan”) Church which was founded in early 2018, the same year that the revised Regulations on Religious Affairs came into force and the Chinese government began a sweeping crackdown on unregistered ‘house’ churches…
The world must honour the memory of Cao Shunli by standing up for human rights defenders in China
On the tenth anniversary of the death of Cao Shunli, the international community must honour her memory by standing up for all human rights defenders in China who have followed in her footsteps and incurred the wrath of the CCP as a result.
Vague definitions and arbitrary crackdowns make the struggle of China’s religious minorities that much harder
Under the rule of Xi Jinping the situation for almost every religion or belief community in China has deteriorated amid a worsening picture for human rights across the country, but for groups labelled ‘xie jiao’, this has been a reality for decades.
A family shattered for 24 years – the story of Falun Gong activist Fang Bin
The disappearances of Fang Bin and other citizen journalists who reported the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan drew the attention of world media. People who are familiar with him hesitated in mentioning his faith background when calling for his release. Why? Being a Falun Gong human rights defender means double vulnerability,…
‘Worse than physical torture’ – how China uses exit bans to inflict suffering on human rights defenders and their loved ones
Being blocked from leaving China by the authorities has become common under Xi Jinping’s rule. Jiang Tianyong, Guo Feixiong and Tang Jitian’s stories show how China uses exit bans to inflict suffering on human rights defenders and their loved ones.
China, stop targeting overseas human rights defenders
Lu Siwei is the latest name on a long list of Chinese nationals who have been disappeared in Southeast Asia, demonstrating the long reach of China’s authorities beyond its borders, often with the collusion of the authorities in these states, in a phenomenon known as transnational repression.
‘The Yunnan Model’ could be an indicator that life is going to get even harder for religious and ethnic groups across China
Yunnan is something of a testing ground for the management of religious and ethnic affairs in China. The ‘Yunnan model’ is a warning that the situation for religious and ethnic groups across the country could be about to get even worse.
Disappointments at the UN, but we must not let the challenges obscure the good that it can achieve
Earlier this month, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) voted to elect 14 new members to the Human Rights Council (HRC) to serve from 2023 to 2025. Among those elected were Sudan and Vietnam…The election of both of these states is deeply disappointing.
