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… entity like the Patriotic Association in China, but the government kept the clergy on a short leash …
… for example, some fear that sanctions will push Burma into China’s arms. These two countries are fair-weather friends: …
Apr 6, 2020
This op-ed originally appeared in Opinio Juris on Monday, April 6, 2020. By Gayle Manchin and James W. Carr
How far can a government limit religious freedom in the name of fighting the coronavirus (…
Jun 7, 2020
This op-ed originally appeared on Newsweek
By USCIRF Chair Tony Perkins and Vice Chair Gayle Manchin.
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… and beliefs across the globe, from Uyghur Muslims facing China’s campaign of genocide to Jews experiencing an alarming …
… abusing them for their beliefs. They may think of China, the world"s most populous country, where disfavored … persecution of their own citizens, as in countries like China and Iran, and by state exportation of extremist …
Jun 20, 2025
This op-ed was originally published by Religion News Servicechina-lobby/" tabindex="-1" data-extlink="" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="(opens in a new window)"> on June 20, 2025.By USCIRF Chair Vicky Hartzler and Commissioner Stephen…
… be designated CPCs: Burma, Central African Republic, China, Eritrea, Iran, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, …
… religious life on the island, as well as Chen Quanguo, China’s Xinjiang Communist Party Secretary who created the …
… the laws and policies that led to their imprisonment. In China, pastor Bao Guohua and his wife, Xing Wenxiang, were … in labor camps, including those forcibly repatriated from China. Because North Korea is such a closed society, it is …
… new designations, sanctions attached in 2011 to Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea and Sudan will expire this …
… action. Among State Department-designated CPC nations, China and North Korea exemplify secular tyrannies that …
… entire groups, such as Muslims in parts of Russia or China, it can be a recipe for frustration, discontent, …
… Beijing has imprisoned and tortured Gao Zhisheng, one of China's most respected human rights leaders, for defending …
… Moon Seok ministered to North Koreans living in Changbai, China until he was kidnapped by North Korean agents in …
… and Tony Perkins Gulmira Imin is a Uyghur Muslim in China, former administrator of the Uyghur-language website …
… and possible death. Similarly, the government of China persecutes Christian groups, from Catholics to the …
… press for improvements, including closing the labor camps. China should fulfill its international duties to protect …
… this approach, as do dozens of nations, from Burma to China, Eritrea to Pakistan and Russia to Uzbekistan, as …
… some of the most repressive environments in the world. In China, religious groups that are not approved by the …
… of the most repressive environments in the world. · In China, religious groups that are not approved by the …
… being persecuted and made homeless and stateless. In China, the government persecutes Uighur Muslims, shutting …
… troubling issues related to freedom of religion or belief. China’s atrocious record dictating people’s beliefs and …
… its own interpretation of Islam. From Egypt and Iraq to China and Sudan, Christians have endured brutal assaults. In … in Pakistan and Bangladesh, Buddhists in Vietnam and China, Baha'is in Iran and Egypt, and Ahmadiyahs in Indonesia …
… exemplify state hostility toward religion: Iran and China. In Iran, a theocratic government has executed people … stirs up anti-Semitism by promoting Holocaust denial. In China, the world's most populous nation, a Communist …
… whom Wolf has adopted, is a lawyer whom the government of China has disbarred, tortured, and imprisoned for his defense of activists and religious minorities. China commits widespread human rights violations, detaining …
… of state and non-state actors. Some state actors, like China and North Korea, are secular tyrannies which suppress … due to their religious beliefs, actions, or advocacy. China, for example, handed Ilham Tohti, a respected Uighur …
… as well as many that signed the declaration, including China, Iran and Nigeria. Saudi Arabia originally refused to … declaration but continue to abuse religious freedom. In China, the government is persecuting Tibetan Buddhists and …
… human rights. Worst Violators of Religious Freedom China Iran Saudi Arabia Eritrea Nigeria North Korea Sudan … of Sunni Islam. Buddhists, Catholics and Protestants in China, Burma and Vietnam; Copts in Egypt; Ahmadis in …
… more than 14,000 citizens over the past decade. Finally, China and Russia are nations whose leaders use the threat of … the creation of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Witness China"s relentless persecution of Uighur Muslims and …
… and nonstate actors. Some governments, including China's and North Korea's, are secular tyrannies that … by imprisoning people due to their beliefs and actions. In China, for example, Ilham Tohti, a respected Uighur Muslim …
… might be exacerbated during the response to COVID-19. In China, where the outbreak originated, the Communist Party’s …
… Act of 2018 ensures that the U.S. government considers China’s unwillingness to allow U.S. diplomats and journalists … imposes sanctions and export restrictions related to China’s mass persecution of Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim …
… rights abuses and religious freedom violations in Cuba, China, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. Additionally, the Biden … genocides against religious minority communities in China and Burma—we at USCIRF will continue to advocate …
… years of hard labor. Gulmira Imin is a Uighur Muslim in China who led the 2009 Uighur protests against its communist … minorities, from Rohingya and other Muslims to Christians. China’s regime has cracked down on Uighur Muslims observing …
… freedom abuser is the world"s most populous country,China. China's governmentcontinues to persecute people for …
… Protestant house church members, Falun Gong and others in China; Coptic Christians in Egypt and other Christians … recommended that eight nations be re-designated: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and …
… while her appealed case drags on. Gao Zhisheng, one of China’s most respected human rights lawyers, is paying a …
… a particular interpretation of religion. Others, such as China, North Korea, Vietnam, Tajikistan and Eritrea, seek to … to forced abortions, birth control and sterilization by China, and Christian and Yazidi girls held captive by …
… its older members, five of its 13 new states this year — China, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Cuba, and Russia — have been … The United States has rightly designated two new members — China and Saudi Arabia — “countries of particular concern” or …
… with the mandate and means necessary to protect civilians. China, which has major investments in Sudan, has long served … may be remembered as "the Genocide Olympics," even China has joined in pushing Sudan to accept a strong United …
… conditions: Nearly every government and entity - from China to ISIS - that poses a major foreign policy challenge … and entities are long-standing and notorious. For example, China and North Korea are secular tyrannies that consider …
… effort to erase their presence. State actors from China to Iran to Uzbekistan continue their own assault on … as some of the world’s worst religious freedom abusers. China, for example, imposed the draconian sentence of life …
… boy when he disappeared from his home in Tibet in 1995. China’s government was the culprit, abducting him three days …
… is European foreign policy, especially as it relates to China. As China continues to escalate its anti-Muslim and …
… in response. In 1999, the administration listed Burma, China, Iran, Iraq and Sudan as countries of particular … Department spokesman has yet to mention that Sudan or China or Iran is also under IRFA sanctions. When the …
… Nury Turkel. Forced labor has been a central part of China’s campaign against the Uighurs for as long as I can …
… one entity will be conspicuously silent: the government of China. For more than a half century, China and the Dalai Lama … faiths across the globe. It is no surprise, then, that China’s government has sought to silence or diminish him for …
… to promoting the rights of Uyghur and other Muslims in China, who have faced systematic persecution as a result of … Affairs Commission Chief Zhu Hailun , the architect of China’s repressive policies against Uyghurs. In addition, I …
… charges, accusing him and four others of violating China’s national security by "colluding with foreign forces." …
… recent report by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Chinese companies have used Uighur detainees as forced … Congress have already called on the IOC to either demand China respect human rights as a condition of hosting the …
… areas on a daily basis. While the People’s Republic of China presents itself as a global superpower that respects … documented by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China . The government forces some Tibetans into reeducation …
… government has been a champion for religious freedom in China. The State Department has consistently advocated on … to build upon this momentum and redouble our support for China’s beleaguered Christians. Last summer, Representative …
… on February 26, 2015 . By all accounts, the past year in China was a punishing one for freedom of religion or belief. … and fundamental human rights stand in sharp contrast to China’s preferred narrative of a modern, forward-looking …
… Register yesterday. When Vice President Xi Jinping, China"s future president, visited the White House this week, …
… rights abuses in Syria, a severely persecuted group from China has quietly marked nearly a decade-and-a-half since the … have been remarkable. More about U.S. should press China over Falun Gong To interview a USCIRF Commissioner, …
… report , some personal protective equipment imported from China was made in factories that use forced labor. This is … stated that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe that China’s forced labor practices and mass detention of Uyghurs …
… and exposure to new cultures. For Muslims from China, traveling abroad can put friends and family at home at … Last summer, Qatari authorities nearly deported Yusuf to China while he was transiting through Doha airport; only …
… December 29, 2000 By Elliott Abrams The latest move in China's ongoing anti-religion campaign is as subtle as a … that the U.S. again initiate a resolution to censure China at the annual spring meeting of the United Nations …
… Party secretary of Xinjiang, the region in northwestern China where human rights atrocities are taking place. Using … the persecution of Uighur Muslims in China for 20 years — China’s outsized role in the global economy has rendered it …
… Post . While last month marked the 25th anniversary of China’s silencing freedom in Tiananmen Square, this month …
… in Xinjiang." … Wall Street Journal: Flattered to Be on China’s Sanctions List …
… rights abuses in Syria, a severely persecuted group from China has quietly marked nearly a decade-and-a-half since the … view the entire article click here . … U.S. should press China over Falun Gong …
… diaspora religious communities and others with ties to China. In response, the U.S. government has taken significant … Department of Justice indicted Wang Shunjun and four of China’s Ministry of State Security agents for transnational …
… As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to travel to China in early November he should include in his daily tweets … beliefs, activities, and advocacy. In mid-October, China’s 19th Party Congress met and confirmed President Xi …
… the world community, including the U.S., must speak out. China's new president, Xi Jinping, and the rest of its … . Unfortunately, persuading Beijing is no simple task. China's rulers have dug in their heels on Tibet as …
… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leonard-leo/confronting-chinas-failur_b_811116.html For decades, the United States … has failed to address the abysmal human rights record of China, the world's most populous nation, with sufficient …