On January 8, 2018, the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) issued a statement of concern regarding the recent invasive security measures and harassment undertaken by the Chinese government against the Uyghur ethnic minority living in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). The CECC noted the exponential increase in security forces, arbitrary arrests, and the systemic, “involuntary collection…
On November 18, 2016, Vietnam’s 14th National Assembly adopted the Law on Belief and Religion, which requires religious groups to register with the government, a violation of the right to freedom of religion or belief under Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Although the law does not come into…