Hundreds of Christians from across China were arrested during a large religious gathering in Hubei Province. A Christian named Xu Meilan from a house church in Xian’an High-Tech Development Zone, Xianning city, Hubei Province, invited more than 500 Christians from her...
The police apprehended four elderly house church Christians in Sichuan. One of them, fearing the authorities would cancel his subsistence allowance, attempted to kill himself. On April 6, 2017, the head of the local police station of Mianyang city, Sichuan Province...
The local authorities leveled a government-approved Protestant church that had been guarded by its members day and night for three years. On January 26, 2017, during the Chinese New Year, government officials from Baisha town, Zhengzhou city assembled more than 200...
This cruel torture method that leads to severe physical and psychological damage is often used to interrogate religious believers in China. The Chinese government signed the United Nations Convention against Torture in 1986 but has never complied with it. Law...
The authorities illegally closed a Catholic establishment two years prior to its lease expiration. In December 2015, officers from the Chengtou police station in Fuqing city charged into a Catholic oratory and ordered the believers to move out. When they persisted,...
A Christian man who was arrested and became half immobile due to torture was forced to return to prison. In October 2015, officers from a local police station in Inner Mongolia’s Wulanhaote city arrested Wang Qiang for his Christian faith (pseudonym). He was sentenced...
Official authorities strictly monitor the thoughts and beliefs of students and staff. In March 2017, a university in Heilongjiang Province issued an “emergency plan” document that stated spreading religion at universities and colleges was strictly prohibited. That...
Harassed because of his religious activities and two trips to Taiwan, a house church leader was forced to hide from the authorities for years. The leader of a house church in Pandian town, Qihe county of Shandong Province, Jin Xin (pseudonym), has traveled to Taiwan...
In Shandong, authorities tried to stop believers from protesting a demolition by digging a ditch in front of the church. On June 20, government officials in Xigang town of Shandong attempted to demolish a state-sanctioned Protestant Three-Self Church. When the village...
A state-sanctioned Protestant church in Zhejiang Province has been harassed on many occasions, once the authorities sent 500 people to demolish its cross. In February 2016, local government officials came to the church and declared that they have an official document...