China
Uighur activists celebrate religious freedom agency’s first Uighur commissioner
By Aysha Khan — May 26, 2020
(RNS) — Uighur activists say lawyer Nury Turkel’s appointment to USCIRF is a clear signal to the Chinese government that the U.S. government will not tolerate human rights violations in Xinjiang.
After advocating for his release, Uighur woman hears from father via Chinese media
By Aysha Khan — May 6, 2020
BOSTON (RNS) — Samira Imin’s next mission is to determine whether her father’s release from Chinese detention is genuine.
A daughter’s duty: From Boston, a Uighur woman champions her father’s release in China
By Aysha Khan — February 13, 2020
BOSTON (RNS) — Publisher Iminjan Seydin disappeared into a Chinese detention camp almost three years ago, before he was jailed on charges of inciting extremism. Now his daughter, a medical professional in Boston, is demanding that China release him.
Open Doors warns of ‘rise of the surveillance state’ as North Korea tops watch list again
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 15, 2020
(RNS) — This year, Christian watchdog organization Open Doors USA is highlighting the ‘rise of the surveillance state’ and its impact on Christians and Muslims in China in its 2019 World Watch List, released Wednesday (Jan. 15).
China accuses US of double standards on anti-Muslim bigotry, counterterrorism
By Aysha Khan — December 12, 2019
(RNS) — Chinese officials are seeking to turn the tables on the White House, accusing the U.S. of hypocrisy due to its own long history of anti-Muslim discrimination.
China blasts passage of US bill ordering sanctions over Uighur detention
By Aysha Khan — December 4, 2019
(RNS) — The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bipartisan bill that would call for Trump to impose sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for abuses in Xinjiang.
US steps up pressure on China over treatment of Muslims
By Sarah DiLorenzo — September 25, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. State Department hosted a panel Tuesday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly gathering in New York to highlight the struggle of Uighurs.
How technology opened new opportunities for Uighurs – then became a trap
By Darren Byler — September 18, 2019
(The Conversation) — The Uighur internet, which once fostered a cultural flourishing for Uighurs, has become a space that controls many aspects of their lives.
Christians lend an anthem, and a pacifist spirit, to protests in Hong Kong
By Alexandra Radu — August 27, 2019
HONG KONG (RNS) — Since protests began more than 12 weeks ago over an extradition bill that would allow Hong Kong residents to be sent to mainland China for trial, the city's Christian community has taken an active role.
‘Unmatched wickedness’: Reports allege child separation, organ harvesting against China’s Muslims
By Aysha Khan — July 9, 2019
(RNS) — A new report found that Chinese authorities are quickly building thousands of military-style full-time boarding schools for Uighur children whose parents are detained.
China tariffs could lead to a ‘Bible tax’ in the US, say Christian publishers
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 21, 2019
(RNS) — The parent company of the two largest Bible publishers in the United States is warning the Trump administration that proposed tariffs on China would amount to a 'Bible tax.'
China is punishing Muslims for fasting. So US Muslims are fasting from China.
By Aysha Khan — May 2, 2019
(RNS) — While leaders of Muslim-majority nations have largely been silent on the Uighur persecution, the Fast From China campaign has caught on with U.S. Muslims.
USCIRF report: China, two dozen other countries top religious freedom offenders list
By Adelle M. Banks — April 29, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom concluded in its Monday report that 'innumerable believers and nonbelievers across the globe continued in 2018 to experience manifold suffering due to their beliefs.'
On Capitol Hill, persecuted Muslims unite to protect religious minorities’ rights
By Aysha Khan — April 2, 2019
(RNS) — More than 125 members of the minority Ahmadi Muslim sect spent the day on Capitol Hill lending their voices on behalf of beleaguered Uighur Muslims.
The Church of Almighty God members detail arrests in China, seek asylum
By Thomas Maresca — March 25, 2019
SEOUL (RNS) — Leaders of the Church of Almighty God, which has been labeled a cult by Chinese officials, say thousands of their fellow worshippers have been arrested over the past year. Some church members have fled to South Korea to seek asylum.
