Tag: religious freedom

Many laws that inhibit, restrict, and repress religious freedoms remain on the books and are implemented throughout Southeast Asia

From tightening constraints in Vietnam to an almost total ban in North Korea, state authoritarianism restricts ability to worship freely

The ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights noted an “increasing conservatism and discrimination against minorities worldwide”

State-backed Catholic church elders have been warned that their faith needs to "better adapt itself to a socialist society"

Karma Samdup was swept up in China’s campaign against Tibetan culture, a Tibetan in exile says

The issue has become another battleground between increasingly vocal Islamist hardliners and those seeking to defend the rights of minorities

An archbishop warned that closer integration with China in coming years could lead to mainland-style restrictions on religious groups

The report singles out the two countries for their repression of mostly Muslim Uyghurs and Rohingya

Chinese Catholics have a special devotion to Our Lady, Help of Christians, who is venerated in Shanghai, China

The report said that all religions, including the state-controlled ones, have suffered from "aggressive repression on religious freedom"