General briefings

Despite the Chinese government’s boasting of its progress in promoting the rule of law, confidence in China’s legal system remains low. Religion and belief groups have witnessed how the CCP regime has been effectively strengthening its ‘rule by law’ instead.

This study based on the province of Yunnan will shed light on the Chinese government’s harsh enforcement of repressive religious policies and its impact on religious communities in recent years.

There has been a critical deterioration in the overall protection of human rights in China since 2013. The realisation of the right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China remains a mixed picture, and conditions vary according to religion, location, ethnicity, attitudes of local officials, and other factors….

Introduction There has been a critical deterioration in the overall protection of human rights in China from 2013 to date. The realisation of the right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China remains a mixed picture, and conditions vary according to religion, location, ethnicity, attitudes of local officials,…

CSW is pleased to highlight an exclusive piece of research into the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on unregistered Protestant ‘house’ churches in China. The research, undertaken by an experienced researcher in May and June 2020, looks at three key cases: a police raid on Xingguang Church in Xiamen; an…

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…