Thirty Years After: Tiananmen and Religion
01/24/2019 Massimo Introvigne In 2019, the world celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Protest of 1989. Few, however, realize that what happened then determined the fate of religion in China in the next 30 years. We expect a plethora of celebrations...Dozens of Bitter Winter Reporters Arrested
12/27/2018 Lin Yijiang Accused of espionage and subversion, at least 45 contributors are in custody; the reporter who filmed a secret camp in Xinjiang “disappeared” after the arrest. In August 2018, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities designated Bitter...Yingye’er Re-education Camp Managed Like Prison (Video)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] New exclusive video details internal management regulations of the Yingye’er “transformation through education” camp in Xinjiang. Experts confirm that the rules are almost identical to those of a prison...
2018 United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review China soteria international
After the second cycle of UPR, China has turned down most of the recommendations concerning civil and political rights, including the recommendations calling for China to revoke extrajudicial and arbitrary detention.
1.2 Although several Christian groups are persecuted in China, we focus on the most blatant and dramatic case, concerning the Christians of The Church of Almighty God. In addition to others religious believers, human rights activists, and dissidents, during the span between 2014 and 2018, members of The Church of Almighty God have been subjected to continuous arbitrary detention and imprisonment in China.
Neelam Makhija: wrongly suspected of being an Indian guru, he is two months in preventive prison
Indo-Canadian engineer retired, Neelam Makhija, 71, spends two months in prison and is held against his will in France for two and a half years. His crime, being a friend of a coach who hosted, once a year, meditation seminars! Despite his acknowledged innocence...Houthis intensify suppression of Baha’i community through court in Sana’a
PRESS RELEASE Baha’i International Community 18 September 2018 For Immediate Release For more information, contact Bani Dugal in New York at (office) 212-803-2500 or (mobile) 914-329-3020 or Diane Ala’i in Geneva at (office) +41 22 798-5400 or (mobile) +41 78 604-0100...The Motion for Stay of Removal to China of Sister Zou Demei Has Been Granted
The Board of Immigration Appeals granted on August 13 a stay of removal to the leader of The Church of Almighty God in four Chinese provinces, who was to be deported to China after August 15. Bitter Winter reported on August 13 that attorney Russell Abrutyn had filed...
