Pastor Wang Yi, who leads the Early Rain Church in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, has been sentenced to nine years in prison following his conviction on charges of ‘inciting to subvert state power’ and ‘illegal business operations’. The Early Rain Church Facebook page links to a court statement and states that Pastor Wang Yi has […]
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The UK Foreign Office has called on China to allow United Nations (UN) observers “immediate and unfettered” access to the country’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). The call comes after two leaks which provided further evidence of mass arbitrary detentions in Xinjiang, where it is estimated that between one and three million predominantly Muslim Uyghurs
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CSW welcomes a joint statement by 23 countries calling on the Chinese government to uphold its national laws and international obligations, and commitments to respect human rights, including freedom of religion or belief, in Xinjiang and across China. The statement was delivered on 29 October on behalf of the group of countries by Ambassador Karen
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Authorities in China have accused Christians in Guizhou of carrying out ‘illegal religious activities’ and forced them to stop meeting together with immediate effect. Authorities also confiscated furniture, a projector and other property. The Christians are all former members of Living Stone Church. A notice issued by the authorities and dated 31 July 2019 states
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22 United Nations (UN) Member States have co-signed a letter calling on China to end the arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China. The letter, dated 8 July and addressed to the President of the UN Human Rights Council and High Commissioner for Human Rights, expresses
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CSW has released a statement to mark the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China on 4 June 2019. In June 1989, Chinese army troops brutally supressed peaceful protests for freedom and democracy, killing and wounding thousands of people in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. To mark the 30th anniversary of the tragedy this
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Authorities in Jiangsu, China demolished 5,911 temples within one month, according to a report released by the Christian human rights organisation ChinaAid on 23 April. The report comes days after a new European Parliament resolution on China which expresses concern about the increasingly repressive treatment faced by religious and ethnic minorities. In 26 days across February and
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Members of Early Rain Church in China continue to be detained, disappeared and harassed following a crackdown on the church in December 2018. A social media post by the church dated 20 March reports that 11 members are still in criminal detention, including Pastor Wang Yi and his wife Jiang Rong, who are both accused
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CSW welcomes the House of Commons debate on human rights in Xinjiang, China, which took place on 29 January. The debate, tabled by Alistair Carmichael MP, drew attention to the human rights situation in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), where over one million Uyghurs, Kazakhs and members of other ethnic groups are believed to
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At least six unregistered Protestant churches in Guiyang city, Guizhou Province in Southwest China were shut down by authorities on 8 October. All six churches are from the same district and it is believed that similar forced closures are occurring in other districts in the city. The churches, which have a total of around 300 members,
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