China redesignated as country of particular concern in latest US int’l religious freedom report

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(TibetanReview.net, Mar27’25) – Releasing its 2025 Annual Report, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has on Mar 25 included China among 16 countries that it has asked the Secretary of State to designate as Countries of Particular Concern (CPC). It has found these countries to be particularly severe in the freedom of religion or belief violations under the country’s International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.

The report notes that in 2024, religious freedom conditions in China remained among the worst in the world as President Xi Jinping continued to lead efforts to update and enforce China’s “Sinicization of religion” policy.

It says Chin...

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