Religious communities in China face persecution when they refuse to submit to the government’s all-encompassing control over religious affairs. Authorities surveil, detain, fined, forcibly disappeared, imprison, torture, and deny medical care to Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, underground Catholics, house church Protestants, Falun Gong practitioners, Church of Almighty God members, and others. Authorities engage in transnational repression against religious freedom activists living abroad. 

Source: Imams and government officials pass under security cameras as they leave the Id Kah Mosque during a government organized trip in Kashgar, REUTERS / Blanchard

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Adil Tuniyaz is a well-known Uyghur poet, reporter at the state-run People's Radio, and author of the books Questions for an Apple and Manifesto for Universal Poetry. Tuniyaz and… Read More >

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