The decision confirms that Article 300 continues to be applied to the movement, which was banned as a xie jiao in 1983.
Shouters
Shouters: Persecuted in China and Entitled to Asylum, Court of Rome Says
An important decision recognized refugee status in Italy to members of groups classified as “xie jiao” by the Chinese Communist Party.
Shouters: Crackdown Continues, Devotee Sentenced in Beijing
In Beijing, Jiangsu, and Guangxi local Shouters communities were forced to close. Several members remain in jail.
Shouters Sentenced to Jail Penalties in Anhui
Six members of the movement received jail terms up to five years in Ma’anshan City.
Shouters’ Members Arrested, Preacher Imprisoned for His Faith
Believers of this banned Christian group suffer severe persecution and are often sent to jail, where they are indoctrinated and subjected to forced labor.
A Life in Jail: Shouters Co-worker Repeatedly Detained
A Christian in Henan was sentenced three times, and spent ten years in jail, for the only crime of being a member of a banned movement.
Local Church, Shouters, Assembly: Who’s Who in the Watchman Nee Tradition
An interview with J. Gordon Melton, one of the world’s leading scholars of contemporary religion, who explains the differences between the different groups in the tradition of Chinese Protestant preacher Witness Lee.
Member of the Shouters Arrested and Sentenced by CCP
A member of the Shouters’ movement from Henan Province who had been in exile for more than 20 years was captured by the Chinese authorities and later received a lengthy prison sentence. He Jie (pseudonym) from Yongcheng city, Henan Province, had been on the run after...
Police Harasses an Incapacitated Elderly Christian
Chinese authorities have continued to monitor an elderly Christian man after his torture. In September last year, police picked up Zhang Qunyou (pseudonym) and seven other Christians from a religious gathering. Mr. Zhang was initially released on the same day....
Religious Book Leads to Arrests of Many “Shouters”
A religious book found by the police in the home of a Christian has led to the successive arrests and detentions of multiple believers. In July 2017, officers from the Sanyuan town of Lu’an city, Anhui Province barged into the home of Zhang Chuancai, a member of the...