Acting Secretary John Sullivan remarks on the release of the 2017 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, at the Department of State on April 20, 2018. Ambassador Michael Kozak from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor takes questions in the Briefing Room immediately following Acting Secretary Sullivan’s remarks. A transcript is available at https://www.state.gov/s/d/2018/280666…. Reports are available to the public on https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt….
One in every three Christians in Asia are suffering from a “high level” of persecution according to a new report by the UK-based Christian advocacy group Open Doors. Its 2019 Watch List Report ranks North Korea, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India among the top 10 where persecution of Christians is “most extreme”. China is on the list at number 27. Some church leaders in China say persecution is at its worst level since the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 70s. The South China Morning Post speaks to Ron Boyd-Macmillian, director of resarch at Open Doors International. ...
The infamous social credit system invades places of worship, as state-run churches and temples are evaluated with points, some closed down for being “substandard.” ...
Religious belief is common among China’s rural population, representing the most significant base of believers. In an effort to attack religion at its core, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been mobilizing the masses to monitor and report each other using a variety of means. The latest tool is the revival of Cultural Revolution-era tip-off measures. ...
Authorities in the Chinese capital are holding three people in connection with the online storage of content censored by the ruling Chinese Communist Party, including posts and articles about the early days of the coronavirus epidemic, on a page hosted by the coding site GitHub. ...
The last two survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime have been sentenced to life in prison for genocide. But it’s a half victory ...