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A magazine on religious liberty & human rights in the world, with a special focus on China. News on religion, comments from scholars & human rights activists.
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An Urgent Appeal: Stop Police Brutality in Hong Kong
40 parliamentarians and dignitaries from 18 countries write to Carrie Lam
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CCP Rewriting the Gospel: Jesus Actually “Killed” The Woman Taken in Adultery
The story in John 8 is presented to Chinese students as one where the Savior waits for the Pharisees to leave, then stones the adulterer himself.
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Xinjiang, Tibet, Mongolia: Cultural Genocide in Theory and Practice
The CCP’s policy of eradicating cultural, religious, and linguistic identities is systematic, and derives from Xi Jinping’s reflections on the fall of the Soviet Union.
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CCP Cracks Down on Inner Mongolia Protests, 2 Dead, Hundreds Wanted
Minister of Public Security Zhao Kekhi goes to Mongolia and orders a merciless repression of the protests. It has already started.
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Students from Xinjiang Subjected to Disproportionate Control
Muslim students who attend universities in inland China are continuously monitored, barred from exhibiting ethnic and religious characteristics.
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Although not necessarily involving detention, the CCP’s militarized training of Tibetan workers, sent to work far from home, is suspiciously similar to what is being done to the Uyghurs.
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September 1, The Death Bell Will Ring for Southern Mongolian Identity
The CCP launches a three-year plan to progressively replace Mongolian with Chinese as the primary language of instruction in all schools in Inner Mongolia.
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CCP Expands Control Over Items Sent to Hong Kong and Taiwan
Postal and courier services in China are scrutinized to ensure that no “sensitive” goods reach pro-democracy fighters, their staff punished for minor missteps.
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No 2022 Olympics in China, say US Senators
A bipartisan resolution asks to move the games to another country, since China has “committed crimes against humanity”
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Inside
#TheRevelationSpiritualHome
. 1. The Path of IMboni A visit to a booming South African indigenous spiritual movement, founded in 2009 by Dr. Samuel
#Radebe
, regarded as a high-level spiritual guide (
#IMboni
) by his followers.
#SouthAfrica
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Fearing Family Clans, CCP Eliminates Ancestral Halls
Tongcheng county government in Hubei Province launched a coordinated crackdown against folk religions by repurposing family shrines built to honor ancestors.
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The Long Arm of the Dragon: Chinese Persecution of Refugees Fleeing Religious Persecution
the Chinese Communist Party has launched a long-term, systematic and massive campaign to harass refugees who flee religious persecution in China.
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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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Bitter Winter publishes exclusive footage of the police repression. “Is there any country welcoming Hong Kong people now?”
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Uyghur Students Taught to Neglect Native Language and Culture
Han teachers working in schools for Uyghur children reveal the ugly side of the CCP’s campaign to “support Xinjiang.”
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Welcome to Xinjiang. But You Are Not Allowed to Leave
Through government incentives, Han Chinese have been lured to Xinjiang to accelerate the “hanification” ethnic Muslims. Now, it’s not easy for them to return home.
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Tiananmen Square Protest Supporters Punished for 30+ Years
Activists and advocates of the 1989 student protest, which was violently crushed by the regime, continue to be monitored and suppressed to this day.
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Medical Staff Forced to Join in CCP’s Coronavirus Lies
While sacrificing their lives to treat the victims of the deadly virus, China’s doctors and nurses were pressed to play along with the government’s propaganda.
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A People’s Tribunal to Investigate Allegations of Chinese Genocide Against the Uyghurs
World-famous legal expert Sir Geoffrey Nice has accepted to preside what is announced as the most thorough investigation ever of CCP crimes in Xinjiang.
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Xi Jinping is fighting a new enemy—Genghis Khan
In Inner Mongolia, stone tablets on the great emperor have been painted over or destroyed in Hulun Buir, and his portraits removed from schools, while the CCP tries to rewrite history.
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Opinion: What China Does Is Cultural Genocide
The West looses dignity turning a blind eye to Beijing’s Orwellian human rights abuse.
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Missing Uyghurs Do Not Reappear: The Case of the Hamdullah Family
The CCP campaigns claiming that the Uyghurs who disappeared are now safely home is a lie, as proved by the case of two prominent Uyghur businessmen and their relatives.
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‘Xi Jinping’s Religious Persecution Harsher than Mao Zedong’s’
Members of state-run Protestant churches suffer unmatched harassment at the hands of authorities, as their worship places are demolished on trumped-up pretexts.
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Hong Kong Law, Article 43 Implementation Rules: The CCP Ends Freedom of the Internet
It gets worse every day: a new document allows the police to enter private premises without a warrant, freeze assets, and crack down on criticism posted online
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Accounts of sexual abuse of detained Uyghur and ethnic Kazakh women are highly believable. Buddhist nuns are also raped in Tibet’s transformation through education camps, where rape is used as a tool for re-education.
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CCP Officials: ‘Christianity Doesn’t Belong in China’
On top of removing crosses, Chinese authorities order to replace Christianity’s main symbol on churches’ seals with the five-pointed star.
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Members of Lithuanian Parliament to Xi Jinping: Stop Persecuting Uyghurs, Tibetans, The Church of Almighty God, Falun Gong
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#JahidHasan
: An
#Ahmadi
Young Man Clobbered to Death in
#Bangladesh
A three-night attack by Muslim fanatics happened in daylight and in front of the police. It was not the first time, and may not be the last.
#ReligiousFreedom
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#China
The
#US
introduces a bipartisan bill, and the
#UK
#HouseofLords
approves an amendment to combat one of the most heinous
#CCP
crimes.
#OrganHarvesting
Real and Still Happening, Say US, UK Parliaments
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Authorities in China are secretly moving the detained
#Uyghurs
from Xinjiang to other provinces to hide mass detentions.
@BitterWinterMag
has uncovered further details about the movement, and what we are learning is disturbing.
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A new exclusive Bitter Winter video documents the grim reality of the Yingye’er transformation through education camp for Muslim Uyghurs: not a “vocational training center” but a jail by any other name. Read the report: via
@YouTube
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Sexual Abuse of Uyghur Women by CCP Cadres in Xinjiang: A Victim Speaks Out
Now a refugee in Europe, Qelbinur has decided to break her silence and tell Bitter Winter the reality about Han Chinese “relatives” sent to Xinjiang to live in the homes of Uyghurs
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The Story of the Lonely Jew: Standing Up for the Uyghurs in London
Citizens of the upper-class suburb of Hampstead have become accustomed to Andrew. Come rain or shine, this Orthodox Jews protests every week against CCP atrocities.
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The Unbelievable Persecution of the Women’s Federation for World Peace in Japan They won awards and United Nations accreditation for their work. They are accused of “connections” with the Unification Church. Their life is now becoming a hell.
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Story of O: Korea
#1
Bigot Harasses Refugees (and Many Others)—Again
On July 22, new false demonstrations against refugees from The Church of Almighty God starts in Korea. The bigot promoting them is spreading hate against all minorities.
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Horrific Reality of Serving in People’s Liberation Army
Soldiers share the memories of serving their country they wish to forget: hunting down Uyghurs, killing Tibetan monks, “selective” rescue of earthquake victims.
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Inner Mongolia Protests Against Cultural Genocide Gain Momentum
While plans to eliminate Mongolian language from most of the educations start being implemented, thousands take to the street, and the world starts noticing.
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London Protests Against CCP Atrocities
Uyghur and Tibetan exiles, Hong Kong students and their supporters gathered in their hundreds in front of the Chinese Embassy in London to denounce the CCP.
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Japan: Anti-Cult Journalist Eight Suzuki Sued for False Statements Both the Universal Peace Federation and deprogramming victim Toru Goto seek damages from a reporter famous for his anti-Unification-Church campaigns.
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Executing a secret plan that
@BitterWinterMag
revealed a month ago, Chinese authorities bring to Korea relatives of asylum seekers from The Church of Almighty God and organize “spontaneous demonstrations” with the help of pro-Chinese anti-cult activists.
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#China
His wife’s picket at the Chinese consulate in
#Almaty
got so much attention that the
#CCP
decided to give up, ad set her husband free after 17 years of detention.When Picketing Works: China Frees Ethnic
#Kazakh
Rakhizhan Zeinolla
#HumanRights
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#NETHERLANDS
/
#China
It is the first such decision in Europe. Other similar motions are on their way. It can become a wave, and governments may decide to follow up and act.
The Netherlands Too Call It A
#Genocide
#Xinjiang
#Uyghurs
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The CCP harasses again the relatives of CAG refugees in Korea who live in China, luring them to travel abroad to South Korea on July 22-24 next to “search for relatives” and bring them back… to jail.
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#China
/
#Xinjiang
In desperation, they demonstrated before the Chinese consulates in
#Almaty
,
#Kazakhstan
and
#Istanbul
,
#Turkey
. Each had a story of persecution and abuse.A Sad
#WomensDay
for Mothers, Sisters, Wives of Xinjiang Camps Inmates
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Spy Culture Invades China’s Universities
The authoritarian regime incites teachers and students to report each other, forced to act as informers to monitor and snitch on dissidents and believers.
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Japan, Religion, and the Dissolution of the Unification Church: A Conversation At a symposium in Tokyo on October 1, the case was discussed within the broader framework of different approaches to religion and “cults” in Japan and the West.
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#China
New documents prove that hundreds of thousands of
#Uyghurs
and other
#Turkic
workers are forcibly transferred to other provinces to tear apart their communities.
#ForcedLabor
, Coercion on an Industrial Scale Exposed
#UyghurLivesMatter
#Xinjiang
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Uyghur Women Persecuted: Will the Feminists Support Them?
Uyghur women are raped, compelled to marry Han Chinese, detained in the dreaded transformation through education camps, and killed. Why do Western feminists ignore their tragedy?
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In China, ‘Civilized’ Means Having Nothing to Do with Religion
Offering monetary rewards and praises, the CCP encourages communities to do away with religions to be named a “civilized village, town, or city.”
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Is It the Beginning of the End of Human Suffering in Xinjiang?
If the US House of Representatives passes the “Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act,” it will be the first such legislation in the world condemning China for its crimes.
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China’s Persecution of the Uyghurs: A Human Rights Emergency
The situation in Xinjiang is getting worse rather than better. It is time for the international community to speak up.
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Being Christian in Xinjiang: Visitors’ Observations
In Xinjiang, one of the most restricted and heavily surveilled areas in China, Christians are detained for no reason, severely punished.
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A “family search party” was brought to Seoul where relatives asked CAG refugees to “come home” to China, i.e. to jail. This time, local media clearly understood that it was Ms. O who prevented the relatives from peacefully meeting their loved ones.
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Inside
#TheRevelationSpiritualHome
3. Walking on Two Legs, African Indigenous Spirituality and Economic Empowerment Visiting TRSH, we were impressed by its rituals. But not less impressive are its business activities.
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Xi Jinping Portraits Replace Catholic Symbols in Churches
Places of worship refusing to be controlled by the state are being shut down, while government-run churches are used to worship the Chinese Communist Party.
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#China
China breaches the 1948
#GenocideConvention
. Bitter Winter’s review of the Newlines Institute report and its aftermath.“China is Genocidal Just Like
#NaziGermany
”
#UyghurGenocide
#UyghurLivesMatter
#HumanRights
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Famous Mosque in Zhengzhou Becomes a “Sinicization” Model
As part of a five-year plan to reform Islam, mosques remodeled to look Chinese and Hui culture suppressed, sparking anger among Henan capital’s Muslim residents.
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The pro-CCP and anti-cult activist organized a sideshow in front of the Blue House, the residence of the Korean President. She was in for a surprise, as refugees fought back with their own, more successful press conference.
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Detained Uyghur Mother Instructs Her Kids: Praise the Communist Party to Avoid Camps
A young woman shares her family’s tragedy: her parents were sent to internment camps in Xinjiang, and three siblings are left to fend for themselves.
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Hui Muslims Afraid of Becoming as Suppressed as Uyghurs
CCP’s increasing squashing of cultural and religious traditions of this ethnic group leaves them with the feeling of impending crisis, similar to Xinjiang.
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Christians Forced to Choose Between State Benefits and Faith
Local officials throughout China are intimidating people of faith to renounce religion and start worshiping the Communist Party and its leaders, past and present.
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In Xinjiang, Even Buying Sugar Can Send You to an Internment Camp
For ordinary people, surveilled daily – even to enter one’s home – and treated as terrorists, life in the region turned into a depressing, prison-like existence.
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#China
The
#ChineseCommunistParty
killed at least 70 million innocent victims. An international day of commemoration should remember them every year.
#CCP
holocaust Day Should Be Commemorated on October 1: A Proposal
#CulturalRevolution
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Dissolve the Anti-Cult Lawyer Group, Not the Unification Church. 1. Attorneys Against Religious Liberty The National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales specializes in fabricating false “victims.”
#Japan
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The CCP harasses again the relatives of CAG refugees in Korea who live in China, luring them to travel abroad to South Korea on July 22-24 next to “search for relatives” and bring them back… to jail.
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Is Japan Introducing State-Sponsored Deprogramming? At a Cabinet Meeting on January 19, proposals were made aimed at inducing current members of the Unification Church to leave the “cult” with the help of apostate ex-members.
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CCP Uses Demolition of Buddhist Statues as Intimidation Tool
Fearing that China’s large Buddhist population will be hard to control, the regime is accelerating efforts to eliminate religious symbols.
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The Case of the Quran Floating in the River: Saving Holy Books from CCP Desecration
Qurans are seized and burned in Xinjiang. In desperation, some put them in the Ili River, wrapped in plastic, hoping they will be recovered in Kazakhstan.
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Kaifeng Jewish Community Suffers New Suppression
Under the pretext of “religious infiltration,” the CCP’s crackdown against religious groups has hit again the oldest community of Jews in the country.
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Study or Work in Hong Kong? Your Family Will Be Investigated
To ensure that the pro-democracy movement spirit does not spread to mainland China, the CCP scrutinizes anyone with links to the special administrative region.
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Inside
#TheRevelationSpiritualHome
. 2. A Fast-Growing Spiritual Movement From humble beginnings, TRSH became an expansive spiritual international institution, advocating for the return to African indigenous spirituality.
#SouthAfrica
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Authorities in China scan cell phones at will, and even the most benign comment – from years ago – can have lifelong consequences.
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#CHINA
New camps are established around factories (for
#forcedlabor
) but also around hospitals, where suspicious activities take place, perhaps connected with
#organharvesting
A List of Camps Where
#EthnicKazakhs
Are Detained
#Kazakhstan
#kazakhs
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#China
#Beijing
’s incendiary response to “interference in its internal affairs” as the People’s Tribunal prepares to open.
#UyghurTribunal
Opens on Friday—And the
#CCP
Is Not Happy About It
#Uyghur
#UyghurGenocide
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#CHINA
“Rubao culture” is a popular satire genre lampooning
#XiJinping
and the
#CCP
. The authors told Bitter Winter they will continue to fight.Two “
#Rubao
” Popular
#YouTube
Channels Permanently Suspended
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Rape in Xinjiang Camps: The Tibetan Precedent
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Ancestral temples—shrines in rural areas where people pay tribute to their forefathers. Under President Xi Jinping’s rule, the remaining ancestral temples are being taken over by the government and are turned into propaganda centers.
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The Great
#Witchhunt
Against the
#UnificationChurch
in
#Japan
. 1. Bearing False Witness “Victims” tell their stories to politicians and the media. But their relatives claim (and prove) they are not true.
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#China
Dark memories of
#Nazism
were compared to the extermination of
#Uyghurs
by
#XiJinping
’s regime.
#HolocaustMemorialDay
:
#Jews
,
#Christians
Say
#Genocide
Is Happening Again—in
#Xinjiang
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Drew Pavlou:
#Beijing
’s Bête Noire Strikes Again The Australian 23-year-old anti-
#CCP
activist is stuck in the
#UK
after charges were fabricated against him. He tells Bitter Winter this only makes him more determined.
@DrewPavlou
#China
#HumanRights
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We urge Korean authorities to grant asylum to the believers of CAG who, should they return to China, would face arrest, detention, and torture, and to prevent Chinese intelligence and their Korean accomplices to continue harassing refugees in South Korea.
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Bitter Winter reported on the case of two ethnic Kazakhs who escaped the transformation through education camps. Some brave European politicians, led by Lithuanian MP Mantas Adomėnas, now speak up in their favor.
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How Many Li Wenliangs Are There in China?
Amid the spread of the coronavirus epidemic, China’s communist government is censoring and suppressing any information that might damage its reputation.
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⚡️ “Series of Reports on CCP’s Attacks at Religious Refugees in South Korea”
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#ZhanargulZhumatai
: A Dramatic Interview with an Ethnic
#Kazakh
Camp Survivor Who May Soon “Disappear” Bitter Winter interviewed the 43-year-old artist in
#Urumqi
, where the police is threatening to take her to a psychiatric hospital.
#HumanRights
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CCP Continues to Destroy Uyghur Families: The Story of Mirehmet
He and his brother live a successful life abroad. This is a crime in China, and a third brother has “disappeared” after having been arrested
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The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 2. From Ahmed al-Hassan to Abdullah Hashem In chaotic post-Saddam Iraq, a cluster of new religious movements proceeding from a man called Ahmed al-Hassan emerged. The AROPL is the largest one.
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Coronavirus: Uyghurs Deported to Other Provinces as Slave Laborers to Restart Economy
Evidence piles up and videos document the massive transfer of Turkic workers sent to work in Chinese factories outside of Xinjiang.
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Something Is Rotten in the State of Saudis: Non-Muslim Chinese Allowed Into Mecca
Uyghur refugee Tahir Imim reveals a major Muslim scandal—and evidence of the pervasive CCP influence on Arab countries
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#Xinjiang
Production and Construction Corps: A Main Tool of
#Uyghur
Oppression Meet a sinister multi-billion-dollar conglomerate that has its own military force, universities, and jails.
#China
#UyghurGenocide
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(Review) Rape in Xinjiang Camps: The Tibetan Precedent
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House Churches Suppressed Across China
Numerous venues were shut down, believers arrested and dispersed in August across Henan, Guizhou, and Fujian provinces.
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#Taiwan
Attacks Against Religious Minorities’ Real Estate Denounced at the
#UN
#HumanRightsCouncil
#HumanRights
#TaiJiMen
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Those who want to prevent ethnic
#Kazakhs
who escaped from
#China
from telling their stories continue to resort to legal and illegal actions.
#Refugees
from
#Xinjiang
, Protesters Harassed and Arrested in
#Kazakhstan
#ReligiousFreedom
#HumanRights
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#Australia
/
#China
Center-right government and Labor opposition stopped independent Senator
#RexPatrick
’s action to denounce
#CCP
crimes and move the
#2022Olympics
away from China.Australia: A Strange Consensus Blocked Resolution on
#Xinjiang
#Genocide
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#China
The world has understood. Through this absurd decision, the
#CCP
is punishing her sister Rushan, for her brave campaign on behalf of the persecuted Uyghurs.
#RushanAbbas
#GulshanAbbas
#Xinjiang
#reeducationcamps
#Uyghurs
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39 Countries at the UN Express “Grave Concerns” on Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong—and Refugees from China
A German initiative was also supported by countries that in previous cases kept silent on China, including Italy.
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Detention Facilities in Xinjiang: There Are More, not Less
The report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and other sources, confirm that the CCP propaganda claim that camps are being closed is a lie.
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