Zhao Weikai: Russian-Style Jail Sentence for “Extremism”
Inspired by Putin’s crackdown on “illegal” religion, Chinese authorities now claim that pastors they do not like are guilty of “extremism.”
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Inspired by Putin’s crackdown on “illegal” religion, Chinese authorities now claim that pastors they do not like are guilty of “extremism.”
As the banned Bloody Holy Spirit christian movement continues to be active in China, persecution intensifies.
Gao Heng asked to commemorate Tiananmen with prayer and repentance. He was told this is a criminal offense in China.
In Beijing, Jiangsu, and Guangxi local Shouters communities were forced to close. Several members remain in jail.
Despite heavy persecution, the offshoot of the Shouters is still active in rural areas. The CCP arrests and tortures members to eradicate it.
Brother Zhao Weikai has been arrested on May 17. The house church in Taiyuan (China) has been repeatedly harassed in the last few months.
Beijing’s Zion Church, Renai Church in Guiyang, and Early Rain in Chengdu continue to be under attack.
Bloody Holy Spirit: devotees from the Ji’an area of the Taiwan-based religious movement received jail terms up to 4 years and six months.
Guiyang Renai Reformed Church organized private meetings in a hotel room. After a police raid, three members and the elder were arrested.
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