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The CCP Cover-up of Religious Genocide and Repression

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The CCP Cover-up of Religious Genocide and Repression
Ethnic Uyghur men take part in a protest against China, in front of the Caglayan Courthouse, in Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan. 4, 2022. Dilara Senkaya/Reuters
Nina Shea
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On Dec. 4, 2021, Chinese leader Xi Jinping gave his first public speech on religion in five years, blandly reemphasizing his “Sinicization” policy of “actively guiding religions to adapt to the socialist society.” In practice, Xi’s policies toward religious groups are far more wrathful.
Nina Shea
Nina Shea
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Nina Shea is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute where she directs the Center for Religious Freedom. For twelve years, she served as a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. An international human-rights lawyer for over thirty years, Ms. Shea undertakes scholarship and recommends policies for the advancement of individual religious freedom and other human rights in U.S. foreign policy. She advocates extensively in defense of those persecuted for their religious beliefs and identities and on behalf of diplomatic measures to end religious repression and violence abroad, whether from state actors or extremist groups.
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