Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest February 16-29 01.03.2024 – Russia jails Jehovah’s Witness for 8 years after ‘mole’ secretly films worship meeting Reuters – A court in southwestern Russia has sentenced a...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
CHINA: The dismantling of Hong Kong’s freedoms, the rule of law and autonomy HRWF (29.02.2024) – A presentation by Benedict Rogers, co-founder and chief executive of Hong Kong Watch at the conference organized by Human Rights Without Frontiers at the Press Club...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest February 16-29 Muslims 28.02.2024 – Najaying Mosque in Yunnan, others, fully “sinicized”. Bitter Winter – On June 1 and 28, 2023, Bitter Winter reported on protests over the “Sinicization” of...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Monthly Digest February Christians Christian convert released on bail of nearly $40,000 Article 18 (27.02.2024) – A Christian convert detained for three weeks, following his arrest by Ministry of Intelligence agents, has been...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
CHINA: Uyghurs continue to oppose “genocide tours” to Xinjiang American and European travel companies should not directly or indirectly support a genocidal regime, Rushan Abbas told “Bitter Winter.” By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter (16.02.2024) – I met Rushan...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
CHINA: Whatever happened to China’s 2024 Universal Periodic Review? A hodgepodge of technicalities at Geneva’s Human Rights Council is already resulting in nothing. This is how the United Nations functions in 2024. by Marco Respinti Bitter Winter (20.02.2024) –...