231. Uyghur conflict in China threatens to escalate further!   …The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), accuses China's judicial authorities of wrongfully trying to silence Ilham Tohti, an Uyghur human rights activist and professor of economics. This is an attempt to silence one…  

232. The Pope must advocate for protection of refugees from North Korea and their helpers   … to South Korea. Every year, about 1,500 people flee from North Korea to South Korea, mostly via China and other countries in south-eastern Asia.  

233. China's religious authorities plan to develop own Christian theology!   …According to the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), China is planning to develop an own Christian theology. This is not to be seen as a chance for more religious freedom in China: The government will surely use the…  

234. United Nations must investigate reasons for violence!   … for Human Rights, to investigate the reasons for the outbreak of violence in north-western China. With 141 victims of politically motivated violence in only six weeks, the Uyghur conflict has reached…  

235. Europe's ambassadors must demand release of Gao Zhisheng!   … has sent an appeal to the ambassadors of the leading European countries and the United States in China to demand a release of the imprisoned human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng. Gao's eight-year prison…  

236. 256 Uyghurs convicted for "political crimes" since June 2014   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) accuses the Chinese government of arbitrary arrests and unfair court proceedings to incite violence in the northwest of the country. People are being arrested  

237. More than 60 Christians injured in violent desecration of a church   …In the province of Zhejiang in southern China, the dispute between the authorities and the Christian population concerning the removal of crosses and the closure their houses of worship is about to escalate – according…  

238. New human rights report documents the escalating situation of the Uyghur people – the Chancellor should advocate for a release of imprisoned human rights activists   … the STP's new 40-page human rights report on the escalation of the situation in north-western China since the serious unrest in Urumqi on July 5, 2009.  

239. Protesters must be released immediately – 511 arrests in Hong Kong   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) demands the immediate release of 511 protesters who were arrested on Tuesday night, in the course of peaceful protests of more than half a million Hong Kong  

240. Authorities bereave hundreds of churches of their crosses and intimidate believers   …According to the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), the suppressive measures against Christian churches in China has reached a new peak: Following official orders, crosses were removed from church buildings, houses…