Center for Religious Freedom

The Chinese flag flies in front of the gate to the Forbidden City on Tiananmen Square on March 4, 2026. (Getty Images)

An aerial view of an intersection in downtown Babylon Village, New York, with the steeple of the First Presbyterian Church in the background, on June 26, 2024. (Getty Images)

A church is reflected in a puddle following rain in Kochi, India, on May 22, 2026. (Getty Images)

Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping hold talks at the Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea, on October 30, 2025. (Getty Images)

A general view of a cross on the building of a Local Church Council in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on December 27, 2025. (Getty Images)

Canada's Peacekeeping Monument and the Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on April 30, 2025. (Getty Images)

Member of the Finnish Parliament Päivi Räsänen testifies at the US Capitol on February 4, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

The Yayang church is seen covered in scaffolding in Wenzhou, China, on January 9, 2026. The church in eastern China was scaffolded and had its cross removed, with residents and rights groups saying multiple members had been arrested as a national crackdown on unofficial Christian organizations grew. (Getty Images)

The golden steeple of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 19, 2025. (Getty Images)

A Communist firing squad aims at the Monument of the Sacred Heart during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. (Wikimedia Commons)

A police officer stands near the West Kowloon court where Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s national security trial took place on August 28, 2025. (Getty Images)

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