Colombo, Dec 13, 2025

China’s tightening control over religious expression appears to be intensifying, with the recent arrest of church leaders marking a further escalation in its long-running campaign to place all expressions of faith under the authority of the state, a report said on Saturday.

“The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) campaign against unregistered Christian communities escalated sharply in November with the formal arrest of 18 leaders from one of the country’s most influential underground churches.

Rights group ChinaAid announced that the detentions — part of a sprawling, multi-city clampdown — signal an increasingly aggressive posture toward independent religious activity, deepening concerns about the shrinking space for faith outside state-sanctioned channels,” a report

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