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House Church Leaders Sent to Hubei Labor Camp

3 Female House Church Leaders in Hubei Released Earlier from Labor Camp

Posted Jan 23 2008

January 23, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Wuhan, Hubei- in another stunning legal victory, 3 female house church leaders have been unconditionally released from their labor camp in Hubei province. The decision was made at 4:30PM Beijing time on January 23, and follows on the heals of the January 11, appellate ruling to release 4 male house church leaders from their labor camp following dismissal of charges from Government officials. The dismissal of the female prisoners from the Labor Camp comes just 5 days after CAA issued a public call for their release.

The three released women are Ms. Qin Daofang(40-year-old), Ms. Hu Rong(42-year-old), Ms. Ren Xianxue (35-year-old).

The church leaders were arrested and sentenced to 18 months(for male) and 12 months (for female) re-education through labor respectively on August 6, 2007 after they were detained on July 15 and accused of the “crime of engaging in organizing and making use of evil cult organization to undermine the enforcement of State laws.”

In an interview with one of the recently released male pastors, CAA was told that the director of the Hubei labor camp made a formal apology to the house church leaders for their wrongful imprisonment.
Furthermore, the director went on to state that he and other officials had learned their lesson and would seek to do a better job in the future. He then expressed to the leaders that they should be patriotic and upright citizens.
The admonition from the director was easy to take for the leaders who find empowerment in their true Christian faith to be the best citizens they are able to be in society.

“The Chinese house church is deeply committed to helping China realize the goal of becoming a ‘Harmonious Society’, said Bob Fu, “The released leaders expressed their gratitude to the labor camp officials for their willingness to discern true Christianity from common criminality and for setting a remarkable precedent of progression towards true religious freedom and rule of law in China.”
The leaders are also thankful to the international community for their efforts and prayers during this time.

Issued by CAA January 23, 2008

6 Responses to “3 Female House Church Leaders in Hubei Released Earlier from Labor Camp”

  1. Michelle Lampton Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 3:06 pm

    What were their names???

  2. bobfu Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 9:05 pm

    sorry for missing that info. here they are.
    The three released women are Ms. Qin Daofang(40-year-old), Ms. Hu Rong(42-year-old), Ms. Ren Xianxue (35-year-old).

  3. michelle lampton Says:
    January 26th, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    Thank you. Is there any way to find out how particular people are doing? I write to four women (li ying, sun minghua, mengyu tang, and shuying shuang) there frequently. Although I cannot speak or write chinese, I find passages of the bible that i can remove the scripture address from and merge into paragraphs so that they look remotely like real letters, then i copy them by hand. I try to pray for them every morning when i get to work.

  4. Dieny Donkersgoed Says:
    January 27th, 2008 at 4:49 pm

    GReat news for the released women
    I was wondering about Qin Daomin and Li Mei who were serving their sentences at home, have they been freed also?
    Thank you so much for your work
    May God bless you richly

  5. Kerry Says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 3:27 am

    This is good news! May a similar belated outcome of justice roll in for our Uyghur brothers Osman and Alimjan way out in Xinjiang as the Chinese government seems determined to deny the officially Muslim Uyghurs the freedom to follow Jesus. Let us continue to pray for these persecuted men.
    http://chinaaid.org/2008/01/16/christian-leader-in-xinjiang-province-arrested/

  6. Wayne Detzler Says:
    January 30th, 2008 at 7:47 am

    This is so crucial. The level of commitment to the Lord and courage in the face of persecution is unbelievable. Today’s New York Times (January 30, 2008) carries a powerful piece entitled, “Dissident’s Arrest Hints at Olympic Crackdown.”

    Many of us in the academic community feel that China will conduct a complete purge prior to the Olympic dates and then slam the door shut after the Olympics. The primary target will be dissident Christian believers, i.e. the unregistered church.

    The lack of response by the State Department to all of this is simply unconscionable.

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