20 Bitter Winter Reporters Vanished in the Air
Writing for Bitter Winter is a crime in China. 45 of our reporters were arrested. 20 are still in custody but we don’t know where – actually, we cannot even confirm they are alive.
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Tibetan Nuns Undergo Forced ‘Political Training’ at Shugsep Nunnery Near Lhasa
Tibetan nuns living near Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa have been forced to declare their loyalty to Beijing and the ruling Chinese Communist Party in a political campaign conducted by their nunnery’s management committee and state-controlled “women’s cooperatives,” state media said this week.
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Henan: State-Run Churches Closed, Assets Worth Millions Looted
Even religious venues that are managed by the government come under severe persecution, the CCP aiming to weaken Christianity and eradicate it eventually.
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UN, Activists Call for More Protection for Journalists
November 3, 2019 GENEVA – The United Nations and human rights defenders are calling for greater protections for journalists as the world observes
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At Least 150 Detainees Have Died in One Xinjiang Internment Camp: Police Officer
At Least 150 Detainees Have Died in One Xinjiang Internment Camp: Police Officer
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Jailed Believer Subjected to Forced Labor, Denied Medical Care
A Church of Almighty God member recounts to Bitter Winter his horrifying experience serving a four-and-a-half-year jail sentence, received because of his faith.
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Hong Kong rally urges US Congress to pass Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act
Thousands of Hong Kong protesters – some waving American flags – filled a downtown park and spilled out onto nearby roads on October 14, urging US congressmen to pass a bill that would sanction and penalise China and Hong Kong officials deemed to have suppressed democracy in the city.(Photo: Felix Wong)
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Destroying Lives for the Sake of a “Beautiful Countryside”
Land expropriations, demolitions of properties, and even deaths are the results of China’s nationwide rural rejuvenation campaign.
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House Churches Told to Replace God with Communist Party
Fearing that the spread of Christianity will pose a threat to the CCP’s rule, authorities around Jiangxi Province increasingly suppress private religious venues.
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Villagers Fail to Save an Ancestral Temple from Demolition
After a month of guarding the temple, residents of a village in Jiangxi’s Nanfeng county see it turned into ruins, as officials wage war against folk religions.
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