CSW has renewed its call for companies to ensure that they are not complicit in the use of forced labour in the Uyghur region, following fresh evidence of abuses underway in the region. A new report by Dr. Adrian Zenz, published by the Center for Global Policy on 14 December, and covered separately by the …
Renewed calls for action on forced labour in Uyghur region as further evidence emerges READ MORE
I love Christmas. I especially love the fact that it comes right in the middle of the darkest part of the year here in the UK. Just when I’ve had about enough of the cold, dark, rainy British wintertime, everything is brightened up by Christmas decorations in my neighbours’ windows, trees along our street festooned with lights, and plans for good times ahead with family and friends. 2020 is sure to be a Christmas like no other, including in the UK, but there are still things we can do to remind us of the festive spirit.
Today, 9 December, marks the second anniversary of a series of raids on Early Rain Church by authorities in Chengdu, China, in which police searched church members’ homes and arrested over 100 seminary students, church members and leaders, including Pastor Wang Yi. Two years on, Wang Yi and one of the church’s elders, Qin Defu, …
The Catholic Diocese of Fengxiang is located in Shaanxi in Northwest China. Despite the introduction of several economic and technological development zones, inequality and poverty persist, exacerbated by a rural-urban divide. Many churches in Fengxiang are not wealthy, and their priests sometimes live on the edge of poverty themselves, devoting their time to ministering to the rural poor. The information in this …
CSW has reiterated calls for the release of detained Chinese human rights defender Zhang Zhan, amid continued concerns for her health and wellbeing. 14 November will mark six months since Zhang, a Christian and former lawyer, was detained by Chinese authorities. Zhang had travelled to Wuhan, the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak, in early February, …
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A new briefing on the impact of technology on freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China, published today by CSW, cautions that “Technology can have a wide range of positive effects; however, its ability to facilitate violations of FoRB and other fundamental rights and freedoms is evident, and must not be disregarded by those …
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If not properly managed, [new and emerging technologies] can pose new challenges for the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and respect for human dignity…It is time to take a holistic approach to the broad spectrum of human rights implications posed by new and emerging technologies. – Joint Statement on New and …
CSW has called on China to release Christian human rights defender and former lawyer Zhang Zhan, who has spent over 150 days in detention, amid fears for her health since she began a hunger strike to protest her arbitrary detention. Zhang was detained on 14 May after posting videos and articles about the COVID-19 outbreak …
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A new cotton jumper arrived in my post this week, with three words on the label that sent my mind spinning: ‘Made in China.’ Whereabouts in China? Was it made in the Uyghur region? Was this jumper a product of forced labour? A token of a part I had played – albeit unknowingly – in fuelling an industry which I knew to be entrenched in the plight of China’s religious and ethnic minorities?
New ‘village rules’ introduced in Huang Fei village, Yingjiang County in Yunnan, near the China-Burma border, state that anyone who converts to Christianity will face financial penalties or even the confiscation of their land. Huang Fei village is inhabited by members of the Dai ethnic group. The notice, seen by CSW and believed to have …
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