Chinese pastor released after two and a half years in prison
World Watch Monitor A Chinese pastor was released on Tuesday, after being detained for two and a half years for “illegally possessing state secrets”, reports Christian Solidarity Worldwide. Pastor Yang Hua of Huoshi Church (which means Living Stone), in the south-western province of Guizhou, was arrested in December, 2015. He was sentenced a year later, in […]
Six Christians jailed as pressure on churches increases in China
World Watch Monitor The Golden Lampstand Church in Linfen, Shanxi province, was demolished earlier this month. PICTURE: A still taken from a Guardian video. A Chinese court in the southwestern province of Yunnan sent six Protestant Christians to prison last week for their membership of an “evil cult”. The verdict comes as part of a provincial […]
Christian Solidarity Worldwide calls for release of Chinese pastor reportedly in need for urgent medical care
Religious freedom advocacy Christian Solidarity Worldwide has called upon the Chinese Government to release a Christian pastor arrested early last year on charges of “divulging state secrets” after his lawyer said has in urgent need of medical care. Pastor Yang Hua, of the Living Stone Church, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison followibf a […]
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 […]