The largest house church in Hunan’s capital has a long and beautiful history. It continues to be a history of persecution too.
Religious Persecution
Tibet, Sera Monastery Monk Persecuted to Death in Detention
38-year-old Losel was charged with sharing information about Tibet with foreigners, detained, and brutally beaten.
Entire Village of the Yi Ethnic Minority “Deprogrammed” in Yunnan
When the authorities learned that the banned Association of Disciples had converted all villagers in Jiciping, reeducation was entrusted directly to the police.
Eritrea and Justice Long Delayed: Jehovah’s Witnesses and a Somber 30th Anniversary
On October 25, 1994, a presidential decree stripped members of the religious organization of Eritrean citizenship and inaugurated decades of persecution.
Zhu Bin: Co-founder of Christian School Released on Bail but Kept Under Surveillance
The well-known activist is free from jail—but not from harassment.
Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church Still Harassed by Police
Members who participated at a 2022 gathering are now being detained to purge an administrative penalty that was suspended then due to COVID.
Beijing Zion Church Raided Once Again
The persecuted church, banned in 2018, refuses to disappear. The authorities continue their efforts to destroy it.
Guangdong’s Harsh Persecution of Church of Almighty God Members
Since 2022, raids, arrests, long jail sentences and even one suspicious death in jail have marked an increasingly severe campaign of repression in the province.
Police Itself Resorts to Illegal Violence Against Ahmadis in Pakistan
In the case of Ahmadis, the Pakistani government may not be the solution—in fact, it is the problem.
Falun Gong Practitioner Persecuted to Death 5 Days After Arrival in Notorious Prison
The 60-year-old Ren Changbin had just arrived in Heilongjiang’s Shuangyashan Prison when his sister was informed he had “accidentally” died.