Master Lu Junhong died on November 10, 2021. The Buddhist movement continues to flourish—and to be persecuted.
Religious Persecution
Pakistan. The Mystery of Danish Kaneria: Match-Fixing or Religious Discrimination?
The cricket player was banned for fixing matches in 2012. Now he claims he was framed because he was a Hindu, and confessed only because his life was threatened.
Street Evangelist Chen Wensheng Arrested for the Umpteenth Time
The former drug addict and popular character among Chinese Christians is in jail again in Hunan. He has been detained more than 100 times.
Falun Gong Surgeon Raped in Prison and Forced to Drink Urine
Li Lizhuang was arrested and sentenced to more than ten years in jail for promoting the “Nine True Word Meditation” during the COVID pandemic.
Falun Gong Practitioners from Yi Ethnic Minority Heavily Persecuted
A 75-year old woman, Miao Xiuqiong, was sentenced in two decisions of 2016 and 2021 to a total of eight and a half years in jail.
Christian School Raided and Shut Down in Henan
Those running Yabo Academy in Jinshui district of Zhengzhou city were also hit by the maximum fine, 200,000 yuan (more than $27,000).
Pakistan, Police to Christian Churches: “Hire Private Guards, We Cannot Protect You”
After bloody assaults to dozens of churches, Karachi police has found a solution for the Christians: “Deploy private security guards.”
The Dreadful Daily Drama of Religious Persecution in China
Religious liberty is the first human right. It remains the public enemy #1 of the CCP.
Post-COVID Purge: Over 2,100 Church of Almighty God Members Arrested in Two Provinces
In Anhui and Jiangsu, as soon as COVID quarantines ceased, the banned church’s devotees started being persecuted again. Two died.
In August, a New Crackdown on House Churches in Guangdong
In August, Elder Zhu Longfei of Shunde’s Shengjia Church was detained, Guangzhou’s Huajing Church was banned, and Meizhou’s New Hope Church was raided and sealed.