A disused mosque in Kashgar, in China's northwestern Xinjiang region - PEDRO PARDO/AFP VIA GETTING IMAGES China has been accused of shutting, demolishing and repurposing mosques in two northern ...

Chinese authorities have altered, closed or partially demolished thousands of mosques across China in a suppression of Islamic culture that has spread to almost every region of the country. Beijing's ...

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China has expanded the crackdown on its Muslim minority outside the Xinjing region, making its first such effort following international attention on the country’s Uyghur population. "While the world ...

The Chinese government has expanded its campaign of closing mosques to regions other than Xinjiang, where for years it has been blamed for persecuting Muslim minorities, according to a Human Rights ...

The authorities in a Muslim-majority town in southwest China have revamped a popular mosque with Chinese-style pagodas and billboards praising the Communist Party despite strong opposition from local ...

China is shutting down mosques in areas outside of Xinjiang in violation of the right to freedom of religion, according to a report released Wednesday from Human Rights Watch (HRW). The Chinese ...

An International rights group has accused the Chinese government of closing, demolishing, and converting mosques in China for “secular use” as part of the government’s efforts to restrict the practice ...

The Chinese government has increased mosque closures in the northern Ningxia region and Gansu province, according to a report released on Wednesday by Human Rights Watch. The government has previously ...

GUANGHE, China (Reuters) - For some in China's ethnic Hui Muslim minority here, a recent ban on young people engaging in religious education in mosques is an unwelcome interference in how they lead ...

For years now, Human Rights Watch has been warning about attacks against human rights and democracy by the UK government, but the situation is worsening. The right to protest peacefully is under ...