CCP’s Use of Tech to Abuse Human Rights Condemned at 2nd Ministerial Side Event

On July 15, 2019, during the US State Department’s second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, the Coalition to Advance Religious Freedom in China held a side event called “Silicon Valley and China: The Rise of Religious Oppression Through Technology.” A persecuted Christian from The Church of Almighty God (CAG), a Uyghur, and a petitioner spoke on the CCP’s use of advanced technology to trample human rights, and called on US tech companies to stop their supply to China. The host Greg Mitchell, Co-Chair of the International Religious Freedom Roundtable, spoke on the state of religious persecution in China.

14-Year On-the-run Testimony on CCP’s High-tech Suppression of Chinese Christians

On July 15, 2019, during the US State Department’s second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, the Coalition to Advance Religious Freedom in China held a side event called “Silicon Valley and China: The Rise of Religious Oppression Through Technology.” Zou Demei, a Christian from The Church of Almighty God, used her experience to reveal the CCP’s longstanding suppression of religious beliefs, and particularly its heinous acts of using technology against human rights, and urged US technology companies to not act as accomplices to the CCP’s devastation of humanity.

Nowhere to Hide: China’s Persecution of Believers at Home and Abroad

On World Refugee Day, June 20, 2019, an international human rights conference titled The Long Arm of the Dragon: China’s Persecution of Believers at Home and Abroad was held in Seoul. Human rights experts and Chinese religious refugees described the CCP’s attempts to systematically eliminate religious beliefs, exposing the various tactics employed to ruthlessly pursue believers who have fled China, including thwarting their attempts to seek asylum overseas.

Condemnation of CCP's Torture and Protection of Chinese Religious Refugees, HRWF Calls

In 2019, the CCP’s persecution of religion and faith in Mainland China has reached a peak. But it shamelessly claims that religious freedom exists in China. Ms. Lea Perekrests, deputy director of Human Rights Without Frontiers, spoke at the conference “The Long Arm of the Dragon: China’s Persecution of Believers at Home and Abroad” held in Seoul, South Korea on June 20, denouncing the CCP’s brutal suppression of The Church of Almighty God, Uyghurs and Falun Gong. She also called the world to grant protection to the Chinese religious refugees who have fled overseas.

Doomsday Mania: CCP’s Persecution of The Church of Almighty God in 2018

In the early 2018, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to implement its new Regulations on Religious Affairs, thereby throwing a cloak of legitimacy over Xi Jinping’s “Sinicization of religion” policy. It also folded the State Administration for Religious Affairs into the CCP’s United Front Work Department to increase its control and suppression of religion, further laying bare the CCP’s evil attempts to completely ban religious beliefs and eradicate all religions in China.

A Roundtable Letter to EU in Support of CAG Asylum Seekers

On July 23, 2019, European Freedom of Religion or Belief Roundtable, consisting of NGOs, scholars, religious leaders, lawyers, human rights activists, etc. summited a joint letter to all members of the EU parliament and all EU States ambassadors to the EU, urging them to pay special attention to asylum seekers of The Church of Almighty God (CAG). The signatories include CAP Freedom of Conscience, Bitter Winter, Human Rights Without Frontiers, Association for the Defense of Human Rights and Religious Freedom and individuals.

Film Exposes CCP Persecution of Overseas Religious Refugees

One June 20, a new film, The Long Arm of the Dragon: China’s Persecution of Believers at Home and Abroad was released in South Korea’s Seoul, at an international religious and human rights conference by its organizer, Bitter Winter. It exposes confidential CCP documents aiming to launch long-term, systematic, large-scale operations to persecute religious refugees who have fled persecution in China, lists despicable CCP tactics to get Christians of The Church of Almighty God (CAG) extradited back to China, and calls on international society to show support for religious refugees.

A Letter of the European Freedom of Religion or Belief Roundtable in Support of the Asylum Seekers of The Church of Almighty God

Aug 8, 2019

To all members of the EU Parliament Brussels, the 23 July 2019 To all EU States Ambassadors to the EU

Copies to:

Mr. Jan Figel, EU Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion

Mr. Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief

Re: Asylum seekers from The Church of Almighty God (CAG)

“Peace, Not Persecution”— A Torchlight Procession for Peace in Italy

In recent years, the number of refugees displaced by war and religious persecution has reached its highest level since World War II, and among them are Christians of The Church of Almighty God(CAG) fleeing persecution in China. The outlook for their asylum applications in foreign countries is bleak, and some are even in danger of being repatriated anytime. This state of affairs has attracted concern from many international human rights organizations and has even been called “an international humanitarian crisis” by western academics. On January 18, 2019, a Torchlight Procession for Peace took place in Rho, Milan in Italy. This procession was jointly organized by the Council of Migrants of the Municipality of Rho, the Mayors of the Pact of North West, and the Association of Voluntary Italian Blood Donors (AVIS).

US Lawmakers Celebrate the Establishment of Coalition to Advance Religious Freedom in China

On March 4, 2019 members of various religious groups and human rights organizations held a press conference in the US Congress announcing the official establishment of the Coalition to Advance Religious Freedom in China (CARFC). The Coalition’s mission is to urge the US government to take strong action on Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) suppression of religious freedoms. As part of the Coalition, Christian representatives with The Church of Almighty God (CAG) described the CCP’s persecution of faiths at the press conference, particularly the brutality toward their Church, garnering interest from lawmakers and the media.

Huge “People First” Demonstration in Italy Calls for Acceptance of Refugees

With cheerful music, loud chants, and banners covered with slogans, people and groups from different countries and ethnicities expressed their plea for human rights in a free, peaceful manner. At 2 p.m. on March 2, 2019, crowds surged into the city center of Milan, Italy, and a demonstration of 200,000 people gathered in the Square Milano Duomo along Corso Venezia. This demonstration was to mobilize the Italian people to unite against all actions that violate and trample human rights, and to protect the rights of refugees and minority groups.

Chinese Christian Prisoner of Conscience Adopted by Congressional Human Rights Commission

On January 29, 2019, the United States Congress’ Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission adopted a prisoner of conscience of The Church of Almighty God (CAG). Her name is Mo Xiufeng. She was sentenced to 9 years for her Christian beliefs, and is being held in prison. Prisoner of conscience are persons imprisoned arbitrarily for their religion, beliefs or other reasons, even though they do not have any criminal acts identified by international human rights organizations.

US Congressional Briefing: A Call for Sanctions Against the CCP for Human Rights Violations

US Congressional Briefing: A Call for Sanctions Against the CCP for Human Rights Violations

Nov 21, 2018

On October 11, 2018, a U.S. Congressional briefing entitled “A Final Attempt to Defend Human Rights in China” was held on Capitol Hill, Washington. Christians from The Church of Almighty God(CAG) were invited to attend and speak to congressional staff and foreign policy experts on the ongoing situation of persecution of Christians of this Church by the CCP. A number of representatives of other groups suffering brutal suppression by the Chinese government also spoke. Ms Tina L. Mufford, Deputy Director of Research and Policy at the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, also attended as a special guest and spoke on the dire state of human rights in China.

FALSE DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD REFUGEES START IN SOUTH KOREA

08/31/2018 BY ADMIN

Executing a secret plan that Bitter Winter revealed one month ago, the CCP brings to Korea relatives of asylum seekers of The Church of Almighty God and organizes false “spontaneous demonstrations” with the help of pro-Chinese anti-cult activists.

    On August 4, 2018, Bitter Winter published a secret document by the Chinese Communist Party calling for harassment in South Korea of the asylum seekers of The Church of Almighty God (CAG), a Chinese Christian new religious movement heavily persecuted in China. The CCP called for the recruitment of the relatives of the asylum seekers who still live in China, if necessary through threats and coercion, who would then call for the “return home” of the refugees (who obviously would not return “home” but, once in China, will be arrested and will thus “return” to jail). The plan also sought the cooperation of pro-Chinese activists in South Korea and anti-cultists hostile to the CAG.

Western Scholars vs CCP Representatives at the UN in Geneva About The Church of Almighty God

 

Western Scholars vs CCP Representatives at the UN in Geneva About The Church of Almighty God

On March 1, 2018, during the 37th session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, the Coordination of the Associations and Individuals for Freedom of Conscience (CAP LC) organized a Side Event on the denial of religious freedom in China and the case of The Church of Almighty God (CAG).

International Society for Human Rights Condemns the CCP's Violations of Human Rights | Church News | The Church of Almighty God

International Society for Human Rights Condemns the CCP's Violations of Human Rights | Church News 

Church News |  Expert's Comments

For years, the issue of worsening human rights in China has drawn the international community's concerns and vigorous denouncement. On December 7, 2017, the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR), headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, held a news conference in Cologne on the Current Situation of Human Rights in China. Those invited to attend the forum were experts concerned about the human rights situation in China, representatives of persecuted groups in China, the press corps and so on. The Church of Almighty God, which has been subject to brutal suppression and persecution for years by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has gained the understanding and support of increasingly more international organizations recently. At the press conference, Christians of The Church of Almighty God addressed the audience as victims of persecution. ISHR expressed that the purpose for convening the press conference was to inform the international press corps of the dire human rights situation in China currently, while stressing that China is the country with the most serious human rights violations in the world, and China’s ruling party, the Chinese Communist Party, has committed the most serious crimes against human rights in China.

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