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China jailed as many as 10,000 or more people in 2022 in a widening campaign of repression against religious belief meant to bring all theological activity under the Chinese Communist Party’s control, the US government claimed in a report. The State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report, which is published annually since 1999 and covers nearly 200 countries, also castigated Iran for similar violations. According to South China Morning Post, the report’s section on China draws on studies by human rights advocacy groups including Freedom House and religious groups like the Church of Almighty God (CAG), as well as public information...
