October 2018

General briefing: China 2018

2018-10-24

There has been a marked deterioration in the overall protection of human rights in China from 2013 to the present. The realisation of the right to FoRB for religion and belief communities in China remains a mixed picture, and conditions vary according to religion, location, ethnicity, attitudes of local officials as well as other factors. …

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Authorities shut down six more churches in Guiyang

2018-10-11

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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