(Guangxi – April 16, 2026) The “10.9” case of Beijing Zion Church (北京锡安教会) has now entered its 188th day. At present, the 18 detained pastors and coworkers remain held at
(Beijing – April 16, 2026) After enduring a second lengthy prison term, prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng (余文生) returned to his home in Beijing this Monday. However, for
(Beijing — April 13, 2026) Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng (余文生), who had been imprisoned twice on charges of “inciting subversion of state power,” was released today (April 13)
(Cambridge, Massachusetts — April 10, 2026) As Beijing has in recent years continued to tighten legal and administrative restrictions on unregistered religious groups, a dialogue on faith, survival, and transnational
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 30, 2026 Midland, Texas ChinaAid said on Monday that Chinese authorities are systematically undermining the right to legal defense in the ongoing “Zion Church Case” in
(Beijing – March 24, 2026) On the 20th, the families of 18 detained pastors and co-workers involved in the “10.9” Beijing Zion Church case (北京锡安教会) issued a joint statement. The
BEIJING—Chinese authorities are ramping up pressure on lawyers defending a group of jailed Christian church leaders, whose arrests last year drew condemnation from the U.S. government, as Beijing seeks to silence religious
(Beihai – March 18, 2026) Amid a months-long crackdown on unregistered churches, police in Beihai, Guangxi, have recently intensified pressure on members of Beijing Zion Church (北京锡安教会) and the legal
(Beihai – March 3, 2026) Behind the cold iron bars of the Beihai Detention Center in Guangxi, Pastor Ezra Jin (金明日) spent a Spring Festival without dumplings. As an individual
By Benedict Rogers in UCA News Xi Jinping’s sweeping crackdown on unregistered Christians across China intensified as this year began, with a new wave of arrests and repression. Last week, Li
(Beijing –Thailand — December 16, 2025) Two months after Chinese police launched a large-scale crackdown on Beijing’s Zion Church, Geng Pengpeng, the wife of detained pastor Gao Yingjia, recently confirmed
(Beihai — Beijing, December 5, 2025) It has been nearly two months since Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, founder of Beijing’s well-known house church Zion Church, was detained in Beihai. His
