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Persecution Intensifies After Olympics

Posted Oct 29 2008

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Photo: Zhang Jian, Pastor “Bike” Zhang’s son, was beaten by PSB officers on October 16, 2008.

October 29, 2008

CHINA – Since the end of the Olympic Games, ChinaAid has received reports of intensified religious persecution from across China. In Beijing, Pastor “Bike” Zhang Mingxuan and his family members have been evicted from their home, beaten and arrested. In Heilongjiang province, one city called Yichuan recently banned all of the house churches. In Yunnan province, some house church members were attacked right after the Olympics. In Shandong province, Pastor Zhang Zhongxin was sentenced to two years of re-education through labor, and after the Olympics his appeal was denied. Pastor Zhang’s lawyer, Li Fangping, was refused permission to meet with him because authorities claim Pastor Zhang could endanger state security.

In another shocking new discovery, ChinaAid learned 29 house church leaders have been serving time in a labor camp and prisons in Henan province since July 9, 2007. They are accused of being “evil cult” members. Among the 29 house church leaders, 21 are being held in No. 3 Prison of Henan province. One leader was released in September 2008. The other seven house church members belong to a house church group in Lingbao city that is part of the “Born Again Movement”. They were sentenced by the court as “evil cult” members on July 9, 2007. One leader was sentenced to seven years imprisonment, which is the harshest sentence against a house church leader in recent years besides Pastor Zhang Rongliang who was sentenced to seven and a half years in 2004 for allegedly “attempting to illegally cross the border and forgery of an official document”.

2 Responses to “Persecution Intensifies After Olympics”

  1. China’s Persecution of Christians Intensifies After Olympics « Status of Chinese People Says:
    November 3rd, 2008 at 1:01 pm

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  2. Melissa Says:
    November 17th, 2008 at 10:01 am

    this is unbelievable how so many jesus followers are killed for just loving jesus christ and how they are willing to stand up for what they believe in. this inspires me to become stronger in my faith and to fall more deeply in love with my creater.

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