Authorities in Henan have forcibly overtaken and repurposed a government-controlled Protestant church where later organized performance with blasphemous content.
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Believer Dies in Custody While Awaiting Trial
Six house church believers in Anhui Province were arrested in 2014 and kept in custody for almost two years until trial; one of them died in detention.
A Persecuted Group: The Full Scope /All Sphere/Word of Life Church (Born Again Movement)
Refugees start to arrive in Europe after a nationwide crackdown on yet another banned Christian group, founded in Henan by Xu Yongze
Churches in Yongcheng Looted
Henan’s authorities raided numerous churches in Yongcheng city, tearing down and burning religious paraphernalia and illegally confiscating money.
Detained for Reading the Quran in Childhood
Authorities in Xinjiang have become “creative” in coming up with causes for arrests of the province’s Muslim population.
Church Shut Down for Contacts With Foreigners
Communist Party authorities closed down a house church in Hebei Province accusing it of “collusion with South Korean missionaries.”
Nearly a Hundred CAG Members Arrested in Zhejiang
In only one day, 95 members of The Church of Almighty God were arrested in Zhejiang Province, 20 believers are still missing.
Mother of Canadian Citizen Sentenced in China for Practicing Falun Gong
Demonstrations in Canada support Chen Huixia, who has been sentenced under Art. 300 of the Chinese Criminal Code for “using a xie jiao”.
Villagers Arrested for Protecting Their Livelihood (VIDEOS)
Instead of protecting villagers suffering from pollution, the authorities sided with a mining company and violently quashed the protests.
Family Not Allowed to See Arrested Church Leader
The police secretly arrested a leader of a house church in Shanxi Province. His family managed to see him only over a year later.