Bob Fu, Phd., founder and president of ChinaAid, reports and expands on recent news stories regarding religious freedom and rule of law in China. He also notes relevant, related international news.

Reports include the major breaking news story on February 1, in the South East Asia country of Myanmar, also known as Burma. Myanmar's neighboring countries include Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh, China and India. The military, declaring a year-long state of emergency, seized control following a general election that Ms. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party won, positioning Commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing in control. has received international condemnation and sanctions for his allegedly attacking ethnic minorities. Min Aung Hlaing immediately detained Nobel Peace Prize winner, Madam San Suu Kyi president and all her cabinet members.

Other stories include:

ChinaAid aligns with 34 other groups and organizations to condemn the arrests of more than 50 pro-democracy HongKongers

(ChinaAid Association—Jan. 09, 2021) ChinaAid joins 34 international groups and organizations dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights; soundly and consistently condemning Beijing for the arrests of more than 50 pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong: Human Rights Groups Condemn Mass Arrests

We, the undersigned 35 groups and organizations dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights, condemn the arrests of over 50 pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong. The arrests symbolize the ongoing weaponization of law to undermine the democratic aspirations and rights of Hong Kong people. The international community must continue to condemn this blatant political repression of HongKongers peacefully exercising their rights.

Police raid Chengdu ERCC; ban all religious activities during Chinese New Year (Sichuan, Province; Shandong Province; Beijing —Jan. 16, 2021) At approximately 7 am on January 14, police officers, school district officials, and urban management officers raided the home of Liang Huali and Shu Qiong, his wife, and confiscated numerous personal possessions. At the time, Mr. Liang and Ms. Shu, Christians who attend Chengdu Early Rain Covenant Church (Sichuan Province), were guiding their children in their studies.

In other legal maneuvers targeting freedom of religion in Sichuan, as well as in Beijing, and in some other areas, the Christian Council and the Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches sent official notices to ban all religious activities during the 2021 Chinese New Year.

Suspected CCP-connected "strangers" attack two Kazarkian refugees whoescaped from Xinjiang (Republic of Kazarkstan—Jan. 22, 2021) Almost simultaneously in two separate locations on January 21, suspected Chinese Commu
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