Authorities Organized Arrests of Christians in Anhui Province
Inside sources revealed that authorities organized an operation in March to arrest Christians in the city of Suzhou in Anhui Province.
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
Inside sources revealed that authorities organized an operation in March to arrest Christians in the city of Suzhou in Anhui Province.
A video shows congregants praying on the site of a demolished government-controlled Three-Self church in Henan.
Bitter Winter interviews reveal cases of arrests and punishments for even minor associations with religions.
A detained believers’ couple in Jilin Province has learned that the police were issued quotas for arresting the Christians.
Thirty officers burst into a house church and arrested 29 believers, later detaining some of them for up to ten days.
A deputy from Xiangyang city in the National People’s Congress (NPC) was stripped of her mandate for being a member of a house church.
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.
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