Voices from Xinjiang: Bitter Winter Interviews Victims of Persecution
Three victims tell stories of ordinary persecution for the Muslims, arrested simply for growing a beard, wearing a headscarf or reading the Quran.
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
Three victims tell stories of ordinary persecution for the Muslims, arrested simply for growing a beard, wearing a headscarf or reading the Quran.
The bishop of Zhengding of the underground Catholic Church has been in and out of detention since 1989, and is still kept under strict surveillance.
Arrest and imprisonment of two family members have led to mental problems and death.
The police arrested a member of the Church of Almighty God after they followed her for days, which led them to other Church members.
Two sisters who were co-workers in a house church in Liaocheng city, Shandong, faced cruel persecution by the Chinese Communist authorities since 2008.
A house church leader from Shanxi was arrested in July 2017 and imprisoned for six months; 70 members of the same church were questioned after his arrest.
A married couple of believers was arrested in Jiangsu Province, their 13-year-old son questioned by the police.
Four co-workers of a house church in Bin county of Harbin city were apprehended by the police during a church meeting; they were later sentenced to long prison terms.
The police repeatedly interrogated an elderly couple from The Church of Almighty God and arrested eleven members from the same church, in the city of Chongqing.
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