Members of exiled Chinese church detained in Thailand
Pattaya, Thailand AP More than 60 self-exiled members of a Chinese Christian church who were detained in Thailand paid fines Friday for overstaying their visas, but remained uncertain about their legal status amid fears they would be deported against their will to their home country, where they face possible persecution. The 63 members of the […]
“The persecution is getting worse”: Beijing hounds Chinese church seeking safety overseas
TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and DAKE KANG, of Associated Press, report on why members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church in China as seeking asylum in Thailand…
ESSAY: HONG KONG PROTESTS AND THE CHINESE FIGHT FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
In an article first published by Religion News Service, BOB FU, president of China Aid, together with BYRNNE LAWRENCE look at recent events in Hong Kong and the history of human rights abuses in China…
Chinese Christians “outraged” over church demolition, says advocacy group
Chinese Christians are reportedly “outraged” after officials demolished a state-registered megachurch in Anhui province late last week. US-based group ChinaAid reported that the demolition began last Friday during a worship service. The organisation said that during the demolition, Christians had knelt and begged authorities not to tear down the building, which had a reported capacity […]
Christian organisations call for Chinese Government to give “full and transparent” account of human rights lawyer’s death
Christian organisations have raised questions over the death of prominent Chinese Christian lawyer Li Baiguang who died in a military hospital in China on Monday, calling on the Chinese Government to give a “full account” of the reasons for his death. Dr Li, who was a vocal defender of Christians and farmers in China, is […]
China’s Christians face worst persecution in decades claims lawyer in new report
Prominent Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng – believed to be held in custody in China – says the country now faces its “harshest and most brutal political oppression since the end of Mao Zedong’s rule”. In a commentary released earlier this month, the lawyer – best known for his work in defending Christians, Falun Gong followers and […]
Chinese authorities accused of torturing detained pastor
The daughter of a Chinese pastor currently serving a 12 year sentence in prison in China has accused authorities of torturing her father. Esther Zhang Huixin, who lives in the US, says her father Pastor Zhang Shaojie, of Nanle County Christian Church, Henan Province, is “barely alive” and suffering mentally and physically as a result of meagre […]
House church pastor in China sentenced to prison for ‘divulging state secrets’
BosNewsLife (with STEFAN J BOS) A Chinese house church pastor who has been detained since 9th December, 2015, was sentenced to two years and six months in prison by a court in China’s central Guizhou province on controversial charges of “divulging state secrets,”, trial observers said. Yang Hua, also known as Li Guozhi, was originally detained […]
Family of dead Chinese Christian prisoner want independent autopsy
BosNewsLife Family members are demanding an independently-conducted autopsy following the mysterious death of a long-term jailed Christian and outspoken human rights activist. Peng Ming, who established organisations and publications advocating development and democratic reforms, allegedly fainted on 29th November in Xianning Prison in Hubei Provence while watching television. Officials phoned his brother, who had visited […]