Bitter Winter continues to receive witness accounts about the arrest of more than 700 members of The Church of Almighty God on June 26-28 in Liaoning Province. Bitter Winter reported earlier that the Chinese Communist Party authorities’ massive crackdown on The Church...
A couple who are both members of The Church of Almighty God were arrested for their belief and tortured with drugs, among other methods. In 1986, China signed the United Nations Convention Against Torture, also known as UNCAT. It was ratified two years later in 1988,...
Two house church pastors were apprehended while preaching in Xinjiang; a colleague tries to secure their release but is arrested and tortured herself. In December 2017, two pastors from a house church in Songyuan city, Jilin, were arrested while preaching in Huocheng...
Arrested during a church meeting, handcuffed believers were taken to a police station and later were fined, some detained and then sentenced. In May 2017, the police arrested 71 members of a house church in Shangqiu city, Henan Province while attending a gathering....
Believers working for the state lost their jobs, homes, and privileges after their faith had been exposed. Since the new Regulation on Religious Affairs came into force in February 2018, China’s government employees, teachers, healthcare workers, and Communist Party...
A Local Church preacher and five other Christians were arrested; the preacher has been kept in custody for over eight months. On November 19, Li Huazhang’s, 76, a preacher of a Local Church and five other Christians were arrested in Fuyang city, Anhui Province, on...
A family of four was arrested in the middle of the night and sent to a “transformation through education” camp in Manas County of Xinjiang. In November 2016, Ms. Shalina’s two children returned to their home in Manas County in Xinjiang to renew their visas. The...
Released after completing a three-year sentence for her belief, a Christian comes home with serious health problems. Wang Ping (pseudonym) who was arrested in April 2015 has recently been released after completing her three-year sentence at the Yuci Women’s Prison in...
A member of The Church of Almighty God was imprisoned when she returned to China after her asylum application was refused in Switzerland. Wu Xin (pseudonym), born on April 5, 1956, in Linshu County of Linyi city, Shandong, joined The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese...
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. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities persecute not only believers who live in the country, but they also target those who...