Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 30, 2018 Fifty-one crosses have been taken down from Christian sites of worship in the city of Gongyi, Henan Province until early June 2018, states the Special Operation Briefing, a copy of which Bitter Winter has received....
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Three Christians From the Same Family Arrested and Imprisoned, One Remain in Custody
The Chinese Communist Party police arrested three Christians from the same family in Tianfan town, Poyang County, Jiangxi Province, in 2015. The daughter is still in custody.
Seven Jilin Christians Forced to Undergo Intense Indoctrination
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 28, 2018 Bitter Winter has learned about the arrest and detention of seven Christians from a house church in the city of Meihekou, Jilin Province, two years ago. They were sent to a conversion class to undergo intense...
Five Shanghai House Church Christians Arrested and Still Held in Detention
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 28, 2018 The Shanghai police arrested five Christians from two house churches in April and May. All of them remain in custody. On April 25, 2018, the police detained and arrested Chen Wenfang, a 58-year-old Christian with a...
“1,5 Million Jailed for Their Faith”: Religious Persecution in China Denounced at the European Parliament
Source: Human Rights Without Frontiers, CESNUR Date: June 27, 2018 The situation of religious liberty in China is the worst ever since the Cultural Revolution. At least one and a half million believers are in jail or in “Transformation Through Education” camps simply...
Two House Church Members Kept in Detention for a Year, Families not Allowed to Visit
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 27, 2018 On July 3, 2017, two members of an underground house church in Yuncheng city, Shanxi Province were arrested by the police on their way home from sharing the Gospel in Xinjiang County, Yuncheng City. They were then...
Over One Hundred Officers Mobilized to Demolish Three-Self Church
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 27, 2018 Local authorities mobilized over one hundred officers to demolish a newly-built place of worship of the Three-Self Church in Xingcun town in the city of Wuyishan, Fujian Province. This was the first church in the...
House Church Christian Detained for a Year, Family not Allowed to See Her
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 27, 2018 An elderly house church Christian was arrested and detained in the city of Jingzhou, Hubei Province, on June 22, 2017. A year later, she is still not released, and her family has not been allowed to see her for the...
Church Crosses Taken Down All Over Gongyi, Henan Province
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 27, 2018 Chinese Communist Party authorities ordered to remove crosses from multiple churches in Henan Province’s Gongyi city in April and May. Since the new Regulations on Religious Affairs came into force on February 1,...
Almost All Muslim Men Over Thirty in a Xinjiang Village Sent to “Re-Education” Camps
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 27, 2018 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) police arrested almost all male Muslims over the age of thirty in a village in Xinjiang and sent them to “transformation through education camps” – an immense network of camps for...

