In 2019 dozens of church members from Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church made the momentous decision to leave their home country of China to seek safety and freedom overseas. Years of harassment, intimidation and police raids had convinced them that they had no choice but to flee. They settled in Jeju Island in South Korea, but their ordeal is far from over.
Officials in Zhaotong city, Yunnan province, demolished the domes and minarets of Baoshan Mosque, a prominent local mosque, on 11 June. According to a source familiar with the situation, parts of the Baoshan mosque were demolished despite protests from the local Hui Muslim community.
Human rights defenders, activist groups and survivors of human rights violations in China and across the world have expressed their anger, frustration and disappointment at the failure of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to condemn human rights violations perpetrated by the Chinese authorities following her visit to China from 23-28 May.
On 4 June 2022, people around the world, including many Chinese activists and religious communities, will gather to remember the victims of the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989. They will do so amid ongoing reports of grave human rights violations in the country.
