China
Internationally-recognised religious freedom standards are routinely ignored in China. Persecution against Christians varies from harassment, humiliation, fines and church closures to imprisonment, torture and forced labour. When Christians are arrested they are often beaten, at times leaving them with serious injuries and in need of hospital treatment. China also consistently refuses to acknowledge the existence of North Korean refugees within its territory. Instead it returns them to North Korea where they face mistreatment, torture and even death in some cases.
Reports
China: Persecution of Protestant Christians in the Approach to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (153kB PDF)
China report - November 2005 (295kB PDF)
Religious freedom in China - legal analysis (239Kb PDF)
Protestant Christianity and religious freedom in China (219kB PDF)
Study on Christians in Xinjiang (32kB PDF)
China: repression of protestant Christians in Xinjiang province - October 2005 (99kB PDF)
Letter from the sister of Gu Xianggao of the Three grades of servants - killed in custody 16kB PDF)
Torture testimony of Liu Xianzhi, South China Church (47kB PDF)