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Tuesday December 8, 2009
China • Religious Persecution:
China has sentenced an Uyghur house church leader to 15 years “criminal detention” on charges of “providing state secrets to overseas organizations”, but his supporters linked the sentence to his Christian activities.China Aid Association (CAA), an advocacy group with close ties to house churches, said Monday, December 7, that 36-year-old Alimujiang Yimiti received the sentence October 28, but that he his lawyers have filed an appeal.
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Wednesday December 2, 2009
China • Religious Persecution:
Five pastors arrested without a warrant in China’s Shanxi Province as they were en route to file a complaint over the demolition of their church building have been sentenced to prison terms of three to seven years. In one of the most oppressive measures against Christians in recent years, house church leader Yang Rongli was sent to prison for seven years for “illegally occupying farming land” and “disturbing transportation order by gathering masses,” according to China Aid Association (CAA). She and four other pastors were sentenced on Wednesday (Nov. 25) at the People’s Court of Raodu district, Linfen City, Shanxi Province.
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Thursday October 8, 2009
China • Religious Persecution:
Following a mob attack on a church in northeastern China and the demolition of their worship site last month, the government put officials on alert to use military force against churches to quell potential “unrest,” according to a leading advocacy group. In the wee hours of Sept. 13 some 400 uniformed police and civilians bearing shovels, batons, bricks, iron hooks and other weapons beat members of the church who were sleeping at the nearly finished factory building used as a worship site. [video]
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Wednesday September 2, 2009
China • Religious Persecution:
China’s government has issued a secret directive to dismantle at least six major house churches in and outside the capital Beijing ahead of the upcoming 60th anniversary of Communist rule in the country, according to Christian right investigators. China Aid Association President Bob Fu linked the events to the upcoming 60th anniversary of China’s Communist Party. However, “The upcoming 60th anniversary…is not [a] cause for trampling on rights of peaceful citizens…” he added.
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Friday August 15, 2008
China:
The Olympic Village’s religious center has become the target of a quiet protest by athletes, coaches and other delegates who say its staffing and services fall woefully short of the promises made by Chinese organizers.Previous Olympic hosts welcomed foreign chaplains, but China has banned them from living with the athletes.
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Monday September 17, 2007
China:
Cai had been detained about 14 months before he was convicted in November 2005. His pretrial detention appeared to have been counted toward his sentence.
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Friday July 20, 2007
China:
Authorities in eastern China raided a vacation bible school organized by an unauthorized Protestant church group, detaining 10 people, an overseas monitoring group said Thursday.
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Monday July 9, 2007
China:
Two ministers in China’s unrecognized Protestant church have been sentenced to one year each in a labor camp on charges of using an “evil cult” to obstruct the law, an overseas monitoring group said Monday.
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Thursday May 10, 2007
China:
Pop culture offerings in China these days run the gamut from Hollywood blockbusters to domestic versions of “American Idol,” but it is a book about the ancient sage Confucius that is causing all the buzz in the streets.
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Thursday April 26, 2007
China:
Police in China detained four US church leaders and a group of Chinese Christians after they held a religious gathering in the remote northwest region of Xinjiang, a rights group said Wednesday.
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Monday March 12, 2007
China:
Chinese political advisors have called on the nation’s legislature for drafting a systematic anti- cult law as early as possible to provide a solid legal foundation in the fight against cults.
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Sunday March 4, 2007
China:
Chinese by the tens of millions shed decades of state-imposed atheism. The phenomenon has gained momentum so fast that it appears to have taken the government by surprise.
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Friday December 22, 2006
China:
Eight Chinese Christians are going on trial in the eastern city of Hangzhou charged with instigating violence and interfering with the law. China pays lip-service to religious freedom and persecutes Christians who do not wish to take part in the state-run church.
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Friday December 1, 2006
China:
China has executed 15 members of an underground Protestant sect after a feud that resulted in the deaths of several members of a rival religious group.
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Wednesday November 29, 2006
China:
The leader of a Chinese Christian sect and at least 11 of his subordinates have been executed for ordering the murder of members of a rival religious group, as authorities sought to suppress big underground churches that they deemed cults.
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China:
A Chinese court has secretly executed the leader of a fringe underground Christian sect and 11 followers convicted of murdering members of a rival group, a defense lawyer said Wednesday.
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Wednesday November 15, 2006
China:
A Chinese court has upheld the death sentences for three leaders of a religious cult convicted of murdering members of another cult.
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Monday October 2, 2006
China:
A new breed of churches in this region of China has demonstrated a boldness and independence unmatched elsewhere in the country, despite strict government guidelines for places of worship.
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Sunday July 9, 2006
China:
A prominent Chinese minister of an unofficial Protestant church has been jailed for seven and a half years, a U.S.-based Christian group said Sunday, a hefty punishment indicating the continued government crackdown on unsanctioned religious activity.
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Friday July 7, 2006
China:
BEIJING (Reuters) - China sentenced three members of a local Christian sect to death for the murder of followers of a rival group and ordered likely life sentences for three other members of the controversial underground religion.
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Monday March 20, 2006
China:
China Aid Association Releases the Defense Lawyers' Statement for Religious Group Leader Xu Shuangfu
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Monday February 27, 2006
China:
BEIJING, Feb. 27--(Kyodo)- Seventeen leaders from a Chinese Christian group will go on trial Tuesday for alleged involvement in the murder of 20 members of a rival sect and fraud, a Christian group based in the United States said Monday.
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Sunday November 20, 2005
China:
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush attended a state-run "patriotic" Christian church service in Beijing on Sunday, while across town underground worshippers applauded his call for unfettered religious freedom.
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Monday November 14, 2005
China:
Government favors party-run version of Christian faiths
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Thursday November 10, 2005
China:
Cai Zhuohua Imprisoned for Illegally Printing and Distributing Bibles
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