How the Chinese Communist Party Robs Children of Their Religious Faith
Commentary By
Ann Buwalda is the executive director of the Jubilee Campaign, a Fairfax, Virginia-based human rights and religious freedom advocacy organization.
The U.S. State Department on Dec. 7 designated China a “country of particular concern” for its systematic, egregious, and ongoing violations of the religious freedom of its citizens.
The Chinese Communist Party has rightly been under scrutiny for its persecution of religious groups, including the internment of Uighurs in concentration camps in Xinjiang and the organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners, as well as for arrests and imprisonment of followers for reason of their practice, the destruction of church buildings and symbols, and the arrest or intimidation of Christians holding private Bible studies.