Efforts to improve China-Vatican ties seem stalled over bishopsSeptember 1, 2017 — ICC Note: Holy See’s efforts to heal relationship with China have stalled as Beijing’s attitude toward religion has hardened and both sides disagree on acceptance of controversial bishops. Beijing has...
Rights Groups and Victims’ Families Call For Action Over China’s Enforced DisappearancesAugust 31, 2017 — ICC Note: Rights groups gathered to protest and urge Chinese government to stop enforcing disappearances of rights activists and reveal the dissidents’ whereabouts. President Xi Jinping launched a nationwide crackdown...
Chinese Catholics try to stop the demolition of their church in Changzhi, Shanxi ProvinceAugust 30, 2017 — ICC Note: Despite the restoration work that had begun four months ago, for reasons of “urban planning,” local authorities changed their minds and started the demolition of the monumental building...
Missing Christian Chinese Rights Lawyer’s Brother Detained, Released by PoliceAugust 29, 2017 — ICC Note: Christian Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has disappeared from his residence (he was under house arrest) since August 13. His older brother, Gao Zhiyi was brought in...
Chinese activist Jiang Tianyong’s subversion trial appears to be stagedAugust 23, 2017 — ICC Note: Christian Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong, well known for his loud support of dissidents amid a nationwide crackdown on dissent, stood trial yesterday in Changsha, confessing that...
China church property dispute results in laywoman’s deathAugust 23, 2017 — ICC Note: Maria Fan Junying, a Catholic woman in Tianjin, died of cerebral hemorrhage on July 30, four days after more than 20 men armed with power tools attempted to...
Detained Chinese rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang nominated for Dutch Human Rights Tulip awardAugust 22, 2017 — ICC Note: Chinese Christian human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was nominated for the Dutch government’s 2017 Human Rights Tulip award. His work is seen as courageous and innovative as he...
Joshua Wong’s Mother Urges Son to ‘Be Courageous’ Like Old Testament Heroes After Prison SentenceAugust 22, 2017 — ICC Note: Last Thursday, Hong Kong's Court of Appeal sentenced Wong, Nathan Law Kwun-chung and Alex Chow Yong-kang to six to eight months in jail, three years after they helped...
Chinese Christian human rights lawyer to stand trialAugust 22, 2017 — ICC Note: Prominent Christian lawyer Jiang Tianyong, who took on sensitive cases such as defending practitioners of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, disappeared last November while visiting the family...
Vatican envoy calls on Vietnam to respect religious freedomAugust 21, 2017 — ICC Note: Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli called on Vietnamese government in his recent homily to respect religious freedom and view Catholic Church as something positive instead of problematic. Although Communist Vietnam...
The funerals of Catholic bishops show the government’s double standardsAugust 18, 2017 — ICC Note: Catholic bishops Paul Xie Tingzhe (Urumqi, Xinjiang) and Sylverster Li Jiantang (Taiyuan, Shanxi) both recently passed away. While they had similar life stories – both spent decades of...
Renowned Christian Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Disappeared, Says WifeAugust 17, 2017 — ICC Note: Chinese Christian Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng has gone missing since August 13. He has been under house arrest for the last three years, with limited access to...
State Dept Report: Religious Freedoms Restricted in China, Myanmar, VietnamAugust 16, 2017 — ICC Note: The State Department's annual report on international religious freedom came out yesterday, slamming dozens of countries for religious repression. The annual report, mandated by Congress, examines the state...
Hong Kong activist arrested over claim Chinese agents stapled his legsAugust 15, 2017 — ICC Note: Howard Lam Tsz-kin, a member of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, was allegedly kidnapped and tortured by Chinese secret agents. At the press conference last week, he...
Hong Kong Protestant Tortured for Showing Concern for Liu Xia and His FaithAugust 11, 2017 — ICC Note: Howard Lam Tsz-kin, a member of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, was kidnapped and tortured by Chinese agents over an autograph signed by soccer star Lionel Messi...
Falsely Accused Christian Emerges from 2 Years in Jail, Stronger in FaithAugust 8, 2017 — ICC Note: Zhang Xiuhong, Huoshi Church’s accountant and chairwoman of the board of deacons was released a few days ago after serving 2 years in prison. She was detained by...
