Not to be accused of “illegal gatherings,” if you hear the regime criticized at a restaurant’s table you should stand up and leave immediately.
Sehibe Sayramoglu’s 24-year-old brother, Quddusjan Abduweli, was sentenced to five years and four months in prison for “disturbing public order by illegal gathering.” Sehibe lives in the USA.
Read more at “More than 5 Years in Jail Just for Listening to Criticism of the Authorities”
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As usual, “Sinicization” means separating from Western ideas and be “guided by Marxism” and the CCP.
The Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences does not sit idle. On May 15, Tian Xinming, a member of the Academic Steering Committee of the Research Center published in the “Guangming Daily” a long article on Xi Jinping’s thought on sociology and philosophy.
Read more at “Wants to Sinicize Sociology and Philosophy As Well”
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When trains with tourists pass, the traditional stone-throwing ropes called “Urdu” are used to express disapproval of the staged tours.
“Genocide Tourism” is an expression used by the Uyghurs to oppose tours to Xinjiang where tourists visit villages where everybody smiles and dances under the watchful eye of the Chinese authorities. The reality is different, but tourists do not see it. It is the reality of concentration camp, repression, and physical and cultural genocide.
Read more at “Genocide Tourism to Tibet”
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One month after her arrest, the police informed her family to take her home from the hospital. Relatives noticed that Xue Qing, who used to be in good health, had dull eyes, could not recognize people, speak, or stand, and had both knees covered with scars. She had a section of her scalp exposed with no hair and was in extremely weak condition. After examination, it was confirmed that one of her ribs was fractured. Intimidated by the police, her family members did not dare to inquire about where Xue Qing had been detained or any detail of her injuries.
Read more at “Two Stories of Torture in Chinese Jails”
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A musical performance and a speech presented a situation that is still extremely difficult and needs the support of friends of religious liberty.
On May 11, in Torino, within the framework of a set of initiatives organized by the local committee Fedinsieme (Faiths Together) and by the Italian chapter of the International Religious Freedom Round-table during the International Book Fair, a delegation of The Church of Almighty God presented a musical show and a testimony by one of their refugees in Italy.
Read more at “Church of Almighty God Refugees in Italy Speak at a Religious Liberty Event”
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Incidents in Australia, USA, and the UK confirm that there is a coordinated international plan against those who criticize the CCP.
Four different news items came in two days from different sources confirming that the Beijing regime has a consistent and coordinated plan to keep under surveillance dissidents abroad. Some are kidnapped and forcibly brought back to China.
Read more at “to Harass and Kidnap Dissidents and Refugees Abroad”
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Keeping filmmaker Chen Pinlin in jail is part of a massive effort to cancel all traces of the victorious fight of students and citizens that compelled the CCP to abandon the “Zero COVID” policy.
There are many ways in which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tries to erase history. What may seem futile to the non-Chinese readers of “Bitter Winter” may actually work in China. All traces and references to the Tiananmen Square June Fourth Incident of 1989 are carefully cancelled. The event does not exist in textbooks about China’s history and even Internet searches about the incident are blocked. Of course, the CCP cannot prevent the world outside China to remember and celebrate June Fourth. But its efforts are not entirely fruitless as many Chinese born in the 21st century have never heard of the event.
Read more at “China Tries to Erase the History of 2022”
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Jiang Zhihui, a woman with a long history of persecution, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
Liaoning is home to one of the oldest ethnic Korean community in China, whose origins date back to the 13th century. Today, some 250,000 ethnic Koreans live in the province.
Read more at “Continues Among Ethnic Korean Minority in Liaoning”
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From Urumqi, it goes to Salerno. Nobody knows what it really transports. A serious investigation is urgently needed.
From the Sanping Container Center Station of China Railway Interconnection Corporation Urumqi Branch in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), a freight train loaded with “82 containers of special agricultural products from Xinjiang Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Investment (Group) Co., Ltd.” is heading to Salerno, Italy. The company, incorporated on August 30, 2013, is owned by the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The XUAR is the region were Uyghurs, and other Turkic people, are systematically persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Read more at “is Coming to Italy from Xinjiang”
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China’s third and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, completed its maiden sea trials. This vessel marks a major milestone in the advancement of China’s naval capabilities and a landmark event in General Secretary Xi Jinping’s quest to extend his military reach far beyond China’s coasts.
Official HD video of China’s 3rd aircraft carrier Fujian from her 1st sea trail. pic.twitter.com/WibrHcVxKr — Fighterman_FFRC (@Fighterman_FFRC) May 8, 2024
Read more at “Shows Chinese Navy Is More Powerful by the Day”
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