Date: July 5, 2018 Source: Different NGOs On July 4, Bitter Winter reported that Sister Zou Demei, the leader of the Christian new religious movement The Church of Almighty God in four Chinese provinces, is detained in Detroit, Michigan, and is under immediate threat of being deported back to China. She is wanted there…
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Scholars, NGOs, Lawyers Protests Fake News, Persecution of The Church of Almighty God
Source: Direct reports from NGOs Date: June 21, 2018 On June 20, 2018, during the yearly conference of CESNUR, the Center for Studies on New Religions, which is taking place in Nantou, Taiwan, Professor Massimo Introvigne, editor-in-chief of Bitter Winter reviewed the scholarly literature on fake news, and analyzed the campaign of fake…
Read MoreJoint oral statement by NGOs CAP-LC, CESNUR, ORLIR and others at the 38th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on the persecution of The Church of Almighty God in China
CAP Liberté de Conscience : Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience CESNUR : Center for Studies on New Religions EIFRF : European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom FOREF : Forum for Religious Freedom Europe HRWF : Human Rights Without Frontiers ORLIR : International Observatory of Religious Liberty of Refugees SOTERIA INT’L Thank you Mr…
Read MoreArbitrary Detention of Members of The Church of Almighty God Denounced at the United Nations
Source: United Nations Website Date: June 14, 2018 At the Thirty-eight Session of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, which starts in Geneva on June 16, the NGO CAP-LC, which enjoys consultative ECOSOC status at the UN, filed a document denouncing the arbitrary detention of thousands of members of The Church…
Read MoreItalian Court Acknowledges Persecution of The Church of Almighty God in China, Rejects Accusations of Crimes as Fake News
On May 22, 2018, the Justice Court of Perugia, Italy, annulled a decision by an administrative commission, that had denied an asylum request by a female member of The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese Christian new religious movement, and granted her refugee status. While the commission had based its decision on country of…
Read MoreRosita Šorytė: The Persecuted Christians Should Be Granted Refugee Status
On April 9, 2018, a seminar on the topic of “Religious Freedom in the People’s Republic of China” was held in the School of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) in Sydney, where Mr. Michael Quinlan, Dean of Law at this School of Law hosted the seminar. Ms. Rosita Šorytė, the chairperson…
Read MoreMassimo Introvigne Displaced Christians Deserve Refugee Status as Proof of Persecution Is Enough
On April 9, 2018, a seminar on the topic of “Religious Freedom in the People’s Republic of China” was held in the School of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) in Sydney, where Mr. Michael Quinlan, Dean of Law at this School of Law hosted the seminar. During the meeting, Professor Massimo…
Read MoreRights of Religious Refugees Should Be Protected
In recent years, as the CCP government escalates its repression of religious beliefs, the public has developed an understanding of the facts of persecution against The Church of Almighty God. A growing number of international human rights organizations and Western scholars have concerned themselves with and conducted in-depth studies on the Church, including Professor Massimo…
Read MoreOral statement at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council : Religious Freedom and persecution in China: The case of the Church of Almighty God
Religious Freedom and persecution in China: The case of the Church of Almighty God The case we would like to submit to you concerns the members of a religious organization known as The Church of Almighty God (CAG). CAG is a Christian new religious movement founded in China in 1991. Credited by Chinese official sources…
Read MoreMESSAGE FROM RISE MEMBERS FROM THE CHINESE COMMUNITY WHO ARE SEEKING PROTECTION IN AUSTRALIA
WE, CHINESE CHRISTIANS OF THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD REQUEST AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT TO PAY MORE ATTENTION ON OUR PROTECTION CLAIMS IN AUSTRALIA We are Christians of the Church of Almighty God (CAG) seeking protection in Australia. Group of us arrived to Australia in hoping to seek protection but our cases have been unsuccessful due to…
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