General briefings

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…

Legal framework Under Article 36 of the Constitution, the state protects all ‘normal’ religious activities. The five officially-recognised religious traditions – Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Protestantism and Catholicism – are overseen by seven state-sanctioned associations. In reality, ‘normal’ religious activities refers to those carried out by religious communities registered with these…

Despite the Chinese government’s boasting of its progress in promoting the rule of law, confidence in China’s legal system remains low. Religion and belief groups have witnessed how the CCP regime has been effectively strengthening its ‘rule by law’ instead.

This study based on the province of Yunnan will shed light on the Chinese government’s harsh enforcement of repressive religious policies and its impact on religious communities in recent years.

There has been a critical deterioration in the overall protection of human rights in China since 2013. The realisation of the right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China remains a mixed picture, and conditions vary according to religion, location, ethnicity, attitudes of local officials, and other factors….

Introduction There has been a critical deterioration in the overall protection of human rights in China from 2013 to date. The realisation of the right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China remains a mixed picture, and conditions vary according to religion, location, ethnicity, attitudes of local officials,…