The police made fourteen detained Hui Muslims defy their cultural and religious traditions as a means of psychological torture.
Torture
Locked Up in Iron Cage for Her Belief
A member of the Life Church in Xinjiang was tortured for 24 hours after she was detained for hosting a church gathering.
Henan Resident Arrested and Tortured by Police
A Christian woman from Henan’s Gongyi city was arrested recently and tortured for information.
CAG Leader Tortured and Interrogated Secretly
A leader of The Church of Almighty God was illegally detained in a hotel, where she was interrogated in secrecy for ten days.
Mother of Canadian Citizen Sentenced in China for Practicing Falun Gong
Demonstrations in Canada support Chen Huixia, who has been sentenced under Art. 300 of the Chinese Criminal Code for “using a xie jiao”.
House Church Leader Arrested and Tortured
Authorities in China’s Shandong tortured a house church leader and imprisoned two others for their religious belief.
Detention Center Director Orders Officers to Torture Christian Woman
The prison guards at the Jiujiang city detention center subjected a member of The Church of Almighty God to severe torture and humiliation for days.
Christian Arrested, Tortured for a Week
A woman from Fujian was arrested and put through mental and physical trauma when authorities tortured her for information about her church. On July 19, Li Lin (pseudonym) was arrested from her home in Fujian province. She is a Christian and a believer of The Church of...
Qinghai Preachers Beaten Brutally While in Detention
A group of six preachers travelled to Xinjiang and were arrested by the police. They also suffered brutal physical torture in detention. On April 22, Ma Qiang (pseudonym) and five others from a state-sanctioned Protestant Three-Self Church in Qinghai travelled to...
Police Humiliates Christian Family, Takes Their Nude Photos
Three members of a family from Yunnan who were arrested in 2016 and subjected to mental torture recount their experience. In October 2016, four police officers from the Chuxiong local station showed up at the home of Zhang Qian (pseudonym). Her house was raided, and...