Chinese Authorities Pursue Families of Believers Who Fled Abroad
The family of a believer in Almighty God has been harassed to coerce him into coming back to China after he had left because of his faith.
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The family of a believer in Almighty God has been harassed to coerce him into coming back to China after he had left because of his faith.
As soon as fugitives use their credit card or show their ID documents for hotel check-in or for purchasing a train ticket, they are identified and arrested.
Bitter Winter has received and publishes a confidential document detailing how the persecution of the movements listed as xie jiao (“heterodox teachings”) should be conducted between April 2018 and January 2019. The Church of Almighty God is the primary target.
Law enforcement officers apprehended an Evangelical preacher during her father-in-law’s funeral.
The police monitored phones of the family members before arresting them during a joint operation between two regional law enforcement forces.
Arrested for her belief, a house church leader spent three years in prison undergoing brutal atheist “training.”
Three house church co-workers were arrested during a religious meeting; during their detention, police officers beat two of them up.
A church member form Henan has been sentenced for his belief three times, which resulted in his mental and physical incapacitation.
Authorities removed the cross of a government-controlled Protestant church in Yichuan County, Henan Province, only after a third attempt: two teams of crane operators refused to dismantle it.
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