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CCP Increases Punishment for Religious Party Members

CCP Increases Punishment for Religious Party Members

The newly-adopted Communist Party disciplinary regulations increase the control and punishment for religious beliefs of political cadres. On August 26, 2018, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) issued the newly revised Disciplinary Regulations...

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Christian Man Died Evading Chinese Authorities

Christian Man Died Evading Chinese Authorities

A Jiangxi man could not avail medical treatment at the end of his life and died escaping persecution at the hands of CCP. In July 2014, the Chinese Communist Party launched a nationwide campaign, known as, “Hundred Day Battle”, to arrest believers of The Church of...

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Qinghai Preachers Beaten Brutally While in Detention

Qinghai Preachers Beaten Brutally While in Detention

A group of six preachers travelled to Xinjiang and were arrested by the police. They also suffered brutal physical torture in detention. On April 22, Ma Qiang (pseudonym) and five others from a state-sanctioned Protestant Three-Self Church in Qinghai travelled to...

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Christians Arrested in 2015 Tortured Brutally

Christians Arrested in 2015 Tortured Brutally

Seven believers were arrested in Shanxi and have been through severe torture in the course of interrogation. In March 2015, seven Christians from a house church in Shanxi’s Xing county were traveling to Ordos city in Inner Mongolia. A local believer, who wanted to...

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