by WorldTribune Staff, June 11, 2020 In sharp contrast to that of the United States, the Chinese government is continuing to crack down on ethnic and religious minorities, including Falun Gong members, Tibetan Buddhists, Muslims, and underground Protestant and Catholic churches, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on June 10. “In China, state-sponsored repression […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 24, 2019 The mostly Muslim detainees at China’s re-education camps are subjected to brutal torture, according to a Uighur woman who was detained at one of the camps. They are forced to take drugs which cause memory loss and infertility. Women are raped by guards in front of other prisoners. Conditions […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 22, 2019 In his keynote address at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom on July 18, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted that “83 percent of the world’s population live in nations where religious freedom is either threatened or denied entirely.” Pompeo stressed: “You can be sure that the United […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 11, 2018 As part of a crackdown on what it calls the “chaotic” and illegal online promotion of religion, China is requiring all religious organizations to obtain a license before being allowed to disseminate religious information on the Internet. Under the new draft guidelines, organizations or individuals are prohibited from live-streaming […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 15, 2018 Beijing has denied a UN official’s claim that more than 1 million Muslim Uighurs are being held in what is in effect a massive internment camp in communist China. Gay McDougall, a member of of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, said that China’s Xinjiang region […]