forcible

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Its survival and growth since the forcible closure of its Beijing mother church in 2018 only adds embarrassment to alarm.

From The Wall Street Journal

But it is under Xi Jinping that the Chinese Communist Party has begun tightening control like never before, sparking allegations of the forcible assimilation of Uyghurs into Han Chinese culture.

From BBC

The UN had previously warned that the forcible transfer of an occupied territory's civilian population is "tantamount to ethnic cleansing".

From BBC

And they said ordering hundreds of thousands to move south could amount to forcible transfer under international law.

From BBC

And they said forcing hundreds of thousands to move south could amount to forcible transfer under international law.

From BBC