Surveillance cameras
China has a huge network of surveillance cameras, including those used to monitor houses of worship such as mosques and churches.
Informants
China employs paid informants at mosques and churches inside China, along with networks in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and countries like the US.
Detention/prison
Citizens are sometimes detained or sentenced for charges including "spreading extremist religious ideology."
Travel
China tracks and surveils Chinese Muslims when they travel to Mecca for Hajj, using CCP chaperones, tracking devices and WeChat apps.
Harassment
China has used threats against family members to coerce people.
Digital surveillance
A database of religious sites and staff was created which was later extended to “shackle" minorities.
Surveillance cameras
Informants
Detention/prison
China has a huge network of surveillance cameras, including those used to monitor houses of worship such as mosques and churches.
China employs paid informants at mosques and churches inside China, along with networks in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and countries like the US.
Citizens are sometimes detained or sentenced for charges including "spreading extremist religious ideology."
Travel
Harassment
Digital surveillance
China tracks and surveils Chinese Muslims when they travel to Mecca for Hajj, using CCP chaperones, tracking devices and WeChat apps.
China has used threats against family members to coerce people.
A database of religious sites and staff was created which was later extended to “shackle" minorities.
Surveillance cameras
China has a huge network of surveillance cameras, including those used to monitor houses of worship such as mosques and churches.
Informants
China employs paid informants at mosques and churches inside China, along with networks in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and countries like the US.
Detention/prison
Citizens are sometimes detained or sentenced for charges including "spreading extremist religious ideology."
Travel
China tracks and surveils Chinese Muslims when they travel to Mecca for Hajj, using CCP chaperones, tracking devices and WeChat apps.
Harassment
China has used threats against family members to coerce people.
Digital surveillance
A database of religious sites and staff was created which was later extended to “shackle" minorities.