‘Discrimination’ Archives
Religious Persecution in Xinjiang Mounts in the New Year
With the turn of the new year, a wave of persecution has struck Han and Uyghur Christians alike in the ethnically and religiously charged Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. On December 25, 2009, farm leaders and police broke into the home of Wang Qiyue, a 71-year-old widow, disrupting the Christmas gathering and ransacking her home. These [...]
Leaders of Largest Group of Jewish Clergy Decry Attacks on Religious Liberty of Muslims in Switzerland and Jewish Women in Israel
The leaders of the Reform rabbinate, the world's largest group of Jewish clergy, have issued a statement decrying curtailments of religious liberty in both Switzerland and Israel - and have renewed their call for religious liberty advances during 2010. The statement from the leadership of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), which [...]
Uyghur Christian Alimujiang Persecuted for Religious Conversion
ChinaAid received breaking details on the case of Alimujiang Yimiti, a Uyghur Christian who has been illegally detained and held in prison for almost two years. On December 7, 2009, in Kashgar, Xinjiang, Lawyer Li Dunyong of the Beijing Gongxin Law Firm received notice that Mr. Alimujiang Yimiti had been sentenced by the Kashgar District [...]
