Welcome to our latest edition of China Voices, a quarterly update on freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China. From October to December 2023, CSW recorded 71 incidents of violations affecting religious or belief groups across China. With the new Patriotic Education Law, China’s ongoing Sinicization campaign seems to have reached a new height. …
Welcome to our latest edition of China Voices, a quarterly update on freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China. From July to September 2023, CSW recorded 83 incidents of violations affecting religious or belief groups throughout China. Highlights include world famous mosques ‘Sinicized’, yet another new religious regulation now in force, a credit scheme …
Welcome to our latest edition of China Voices, a quarterly update on freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China. From April to June 2023, CSW recorded 101 incidents of violations affecting religious or belief groups throughout China. Cases included in this update highlight how religious leaders who refuse to ‘follow the Party’ have been …
Welcome to our latest edition of China Voices, a quarterly update on freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China. So far in 2023, CSW has recorded 82 concerning incidents for various religious or belief groups across China. These have been both offline and online, with several rights activists being forcibly displaced in the name …
Welcome to our latest edition of China Voices, a quarterly update on freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China. The last quarter of 2022 may be remembered as one of the most eventful in China since 1989. A party Congress heralded strongman Xi Jinping’s leadership for the foreseeable future. A protester hung banners from …
In the run-up to its 20th party congress, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) further stepped up its efforts to both maintain political stability and contain Covid-19 in the country. Many people suffered shortages of food and medicine in areas that had been locked down for extended periods, including in Xinjiang and Tibet. Tragically, this was …
From April to June 2022 we recorded 86 incidents of FoRB violations involving nine faith groups. This period saw snap lockdowns across the country due to the spreading Omicron variant that, on top of the stricter online restrictions mentioned in the last edition, made life particularly difficult for religion and belief groups in China.
During Q1 2022, we recorded 80 incidents of FoRB violations, involving at least 300 individuals and seven faith groups. On 4 February 2022, the world watched while performers representing China’s 56 ethnic groups carried the national flag and a female Uyghur athlete lit the Olympic cauldron. These scenes were supposed to “boast ethnic unity” in …
Welcome to China Voices, a CSW quarterly update on freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China. The cases cited in this edition have either been reported publicly, including from various websites in China (* indicates Chinese language links), or privately through CSW sources. Our special thanks go to China Aid, RFA, Weiquanwang (Rights Defense …
Welcome to China Voices, a quarterly update on freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China produced by CSW. As media coverage of China issues intensifies, we want to ensure that the voices and views of the people most affected by FoRB restrictions are at the centre of the conversation. We should point out that …
