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CSW reports: freedom of religion or belief in China
China freedom of religion or belief: the untold stories (July 2022)
Repressed, Removed, Re-Educated: The stranglehold on religious life in China (March 2020)
China Voices quarterly updates
China Voices July – September 2025
China Voices April – June 2025
China Voices January – March 2025
China Voices: October – December 2024
UN submissions
HRC55: Oral statement during General Debate under Item 4
During HRC55, CSW delivered an oral statement, raising its concerns over Vietnam’s targeted violations against religious and ethnic minorities and China’s crackdown on religion or belief groups and human rights defenders.
China: Stakeholder submission to the 45th session of the UPR
This submission seeks to draw attention to concerns regarding the right to FoRB in the People’s Republic of China ahead of the state’s fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
HRC53: Written submission on deaths in custody affecting Falun Gong practitioners
CSW submits this response to the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions, for his report on deaths in custody to be presented at the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council. This submission focuses on deaths in custody affecting Falun Gong practitioners.
Written submission ahead of the visit to China of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Ahead of the visit to China of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in May 2022, CSW has produced the following briefing, including both benchmarks for the visit itself, and some current violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China.
Briefings: freedom of religion or belief in China
The Repression of FoRB in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
The Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in Northwestern China is one of the five ethnic minority…
General Briefing: China (2024)
Legal framework Under Article 36 of the Constitution, the state protects all ‘normal’ religious activities….
Briefing: ‘Socialist rule of law’ in China
Despite the Chinese government’s boasting of its progress in promoting the rule of law, confidence…
The Yunnan Model: How religious communities are managed with a grid system under strengthened Party leadership
This study based on the province of Yunnan will shed light on the Chinese government’s…
Case briefings
Case Update: Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church (Jan. 2022)
Introduction In August 2021 CSW published a briefing on the case of Shenzhen Holy Reformed…
Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church: ‘There is no way back for us’
In 2019, Pastor Pan Yongguang and dozens of members of his church, Shenzhen Holy Reformed…
Nationwide crackdown on reading, writing and religion
Introduction The removal of crosses from Christian buildings, the demolition of churches, and the arrest…
Urgent case briefing on human rights lawyer Chang Weiping
Summary Chang Weiping (常玮平) is a human rights defender and lawyer who was taken away…