Uyghur Muslims demonstrate in front of the Chinese consulate on December 30, 2020, in Istanbul, after China ratified an extradition treaty with Turkey. (BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images)
"Despite the Vatican-China agreement on Bishop appointments," the USCIRF report says, "Chinese authorities continued to harass, detain, and torture underground Catholic bishops—such as Cui Tai and Huang Jintong—who refuse to join the state-backed Catholic association."
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom released its annual report this week, saying “the threat to religious freedom remains strong worldwide,” and citing 14 “countries of particular concern” for their “systematic, ongoing, and egregious” violations, including Burma (Myanmar) -- where a military coup d'etat took place earlier in the year, China, Eritrea, India, Iran, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Vietnam.
