{"id":126,"date":"2023-09-05T19:48:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T23:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freedomsherald.org\/blog\/?p=126"},"modified":"2023-09-05T19:48:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T23:48:53","slug":"ucanews-china-to-further-clamp-down-on-religions-rights-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freedomsherald.org\/blog\/ucanews-china-to-further-clamp-down-on-religions-rights-group\/","title":{"rendered":"UCAnews: China to further clamp down on religions: rights group"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under the leadership of President Xi Jinping is all set to impose more restrictions on religious freedom when the new measures take effect next month, warned a rights group.<\/p>\n

The State Administration for Religious Affairs, the top CCP body overseeing religious affairs, announced the new measures on religious affairs on July 31 to be effective from September, ChinaAid<\/em> reported on Aug. 10.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe religious freedom of Chinese citizens, including those in Tibet<\/a>, Xinjiang<\/a>, and Inner Mongolia<\/a>, will face further restrictions,\u201d said the US-based group run by exiled Chinese Christians.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll religious activities will be limited to official religious venues, and the display of religious symbols will be restricted indoors,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

The new rules–Measures on the Administration of Religious Activity Venues– severely restrain the establishment and registration procedures for venues. But the measures also set forth management rules and stipulations for managing personnel.<\/p>\n

The regulations specify the establishment of supervisors for religious activity sites and impose conditional limitations on internal management within these sites.<\/p>\n

Though China\u2019s Constitution allows freedom of religion or belief, the CCP has been accused of violating the rights of religious groups for decades, though it recognizes five organized religions \u2013 Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism.<\/p>\n

The state runs seven bodies to oversee the affairs of all recognized religions and impose restrictions on groups that are not registered and whose activities are not pre-approved by the state.<\/p>\n

Since Xi became China\u2019s president, religious groups have faced constant crackdowns under several repressive policies and regulations including sinicization of religions and the 2018 Regulations on Religious Affairs.<\/p>\n

ChinaAid alleged that the CCP seeks to assert more control over religions by \u201csuffocating\u201d members of underground religious groups and placing official groups under more restrictions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis amounts to a complete ban on religious activities, whatever remains must align with the leadership and political propaganda of the CCP,\u201d it warned.<\/p>\n

Article 3 of the new measures requires religious activity venues should uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China.<\/p>\n

Those at the activities must uphold the socialist system and adhere to Sinicization. Managing personnel will be expected to implement Xi Jinping Thoughts on Socialism<\/p>\n

Article 16 of the Measures states that places of religious activity shall not be named after churches, sects, or persons.<\/p>\n

Article 27 stipulates that members of the management organization of venues should possess the qualities of \u201cloving the motherland and supporting the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the socialist system.\u201d<\/p>\n

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