Center for Religious Freedom

A police officer gestures in front of a propaganda billboard urging "the maintenance of rule of law in Xinjiang" in both Chinese and Uyghur languages in China's northwestern Xinjiang region on July 19, 2023. (Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images)

People bow as they visit statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang on February 16, 2024. (Photo by KIM Won Jin/AFP via Getty Images)

People attend the first Sunday mass in Aleppo, Syria, since the rebel forces deposed the Assad regime on December 15, 2024. (Burak Kara via Getty Images)

Uyghurs living in Turkey protest Wang Yi on July 26, 2023, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Hakan Akgun via Getty Images)

Jimmy Lai, founder and owner of Apple Daily, is seen handcuffed and escorted by guards on December 12, 2020, in Hong Kong, China. (Keith Tsuji via Getty Images)

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A crucifix is pictured outside the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Aleppo, Syria, on December 12, 2024. (Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images)

This photo taken on January 15, 2024, shows a Chinese flag fluttering on a Christian church in Pingtan, China. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)

Pedestrians pass by a poster depicting French teacher Samuel Paty in Paris on November 3, 2020. (Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images)

Chinese Catholics hold candles during an Easter mass at a church in Beijing on March 30, 2024. (Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images)

Pope Francis and Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque Nasaruddin Umar pose for picture on September 5, 2024, in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Oscar Siagian via Getty Images)

China's President Xi Jinping walks after delivering a speech in Beijing on September 29, 2024. (Adek Berry/AFP via Getty Images)