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‘Faithful disobedience’ in the face of a relentless crackdown: one year since China’s Revised Regulations on Religious Affairs
Over the past year, the Chinese government has intensified its crackdown on Christians and other religious groups across China. The mass incarceration of over one million predominantly Muslim Uyghurs, Kazakhs and members of other ethnic groups in ‘re-education camps’ in Xinjiang since 2017 has alarmed the international community, with the…
China’s Crackdown on Religion
“My family, relatives, friends and dozens of innocent people [I know] have been arrested since April 2017. I have no knowledge of how many more of our relatives have been arrested as we lost contact with them at the beginning of the year. They have not committed any crime… They…
Save North Korean Refugees Day: Time to End China’s Illegal and Horrific Treatment of North Korean Escapees
Save North Korean Refugees Day, which falls on 24 September, aims to highlight the terrible trials faced by North Korean refugees in China. It also marks the day, 36 years ago, that China became a signatory to the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, an agreement the country continues…
The UN Belongs to All of Us: Chinese Prisoners of Conscience Speak Out
Welcome to the United Nations. It’s your world. Until recently, when you accessed the United Nations (UN) website, these words would appear. They’re still used on some webpages, and the sentiment behind them still stands. The UN is often the subject of criticism, and its flaws are well-documented, yet it…
FoRB in China: The UK needs to speak out
Prime Minister Theresa May’s first official visit to China, which begins today, is billed as an opportunity to boost trade with an important ally. But it will also take place against the backdrop of the country’s violations of fundamental human rights, including freedom of religion or belief. In the last month, Christians…
2016 Human Rights Report for China by Gao Zhisheng
“While immersed in drafting a Constitution for China, I set aside some time to write a report on Chinas human rights in 2016, only to find that this project is constrained to a great extent by the Chinese characteristics of my current situation: blockage of my social media accounts whenever…
No Ifs, No Buts: Torture Should Be Universally Condemned
“He was forced to take medicine. They stuffed the pills into his mouth… After taking the pills he felt pain in his muscles and his vision was blurred… He was beaten. He endured gruelling questioning while being denied sleep for days on end…” Wang Qiaoling describing the torture of her husband,…
Li Heping’s Release – A Moment to Celebrate or a Continuing Case of Concern?
Li Heping’s reunion with his family on 9 May 2017 was a moment for celebration; the celebration of an innocent man’s reunion with his long-suffering family and the celebration of the end of a period of torture, interrogation and imprisonment. But the joy of Li Heping’s reunion with his family…
In the Lead up to the G20 Summit, Questions Must be Asked About the Direction China is Taking.
When leaders of the G20 nations arrive in Zhejiang Province, China, next week for the G20 summit, they will be greeted by a different skyline than they might have seen five years ago. The sky scrapers and shopping malls that have become the hallmark of China’s phenomenal economic growth will…
The Lawyers That Were Left
It has been a year since over 300 human rights lawyers, activists, as well as those connected to them (including their friends and family), were detained by the Chinese government. That’s equivalent to one person harassed or disappeared every day since last July. Some of these lawyers have since vanished…
