India, Oct. 9 -- New York [US] October 9 (ANI) Human Rights in China (HRIC) has released its latest weekly brief, painting a grim picture of escalating repression under President Xi Jinping's rule, highlighting the Chinese Communist Party's tightening control over civil liberties, religious freedom, and dissent across the country and beyond its borders.

During China's 76th National Day on October 1, Xi reaffirmed his uncompromising stance against Taiwanese independence, signalling Beijing's continued crackdown on perceived separatism.

According to HRIC, security measures in Tibet and Xinjiang intensified around the national celebrations, with heightened surveillance, mass arrests, and movement restrictions imposed on local populations....