Growing numbers of human rights activists were imprisoned, put under house arrest or surveillance, or harassed.[…] Falun Gong practitioners were...

With little more than four months to go before the Beijing Olympics, few substantial reforms have been introduced that will...

In 2001 and 2002, members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement, a registered society in Hong Kong despite being banned...

Repression of spiritual and religious groups The government continued to crack down on religious observance outside officially sanctioned channels. Thousands...

“We must make efforts to create a harmonious society and a good social environment for successfully holding the 17th Communist...

Repression of spiritual and religious groups Religious observance outside official channels remained tightly circumscribed. In March, the authorities promulgated a...

Political crackdowns continued on specific groups, including the Falun Gong spiritual movement, unofficial Christian groups, and so-called “separatists” and “religious...

Repression of spiritual and religious groups Members of unofficial spiritual or religious groups, including some Qi Gong groups and unregistered...

Repression of spiritual and religious groups Rhetoric has intensified in the official media against the Falun Gong spiritual movement, which...