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Portfolio on Repression of Religious and Ethnic Minorities

By Antonio Graceffo February 29, 2024Blog

By Antonio Graceffo Welcome to my portfolio on the repression of religious and ethnic minorities. As a trained economic and national security analyst with a specialization in China, I have…

The Chinese Communist Party’s War on Catholicism

By Antonio Graceffo December 12, 2023Blog

By Antonio Graceffo In early June, a pastor in China’s Shandong Province was sentenced to five years in prison for printing hymnals and other theological materials. His co-worker was sentenced to three…

Repression of all religions is intensifying in China

By Antonio Graceffo November 4, 2023China

By Antonio Graceffo The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) 2023 Annual Report documented a significant increase in religious oppression in the People’s Republic of China. Reports by government and…

Religious repression in Putin’s Russia

By Antonio Graceffo July 27, 2023Russia

Antonio Graceffo While religion was formally abolished under the USSR, under Putin it has been repressed. Consequently, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom identified Russia as one of the world’s…