Several Christians Detained Amid Crackdown on Christianity in China
Chinese authorities detained leaders and members of the Early Rain Covenant Church in China on Jan. ...Read More
2026-01-25
Home Persecution Cases
Beijing Zion Church: The Dramatic Arrest of Brother Sun Xue
The police acted brutally, showing their intention to threaten and intimidate the whole believers’ c...Read More
2025-10-24
Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church Raided Again: 15 Detained, Including Infants
Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church Raided Again: 15 Detained, Including Infants Bitter Winter previous...Read More
2025-10-14
Shenyang Youth Fellowship: Four Released, One Rearrested
Brother Wang Xiangchao was detained again on September 26. Pastor Mingdao remains in jail—allegation...Read More
2025-10-07
A Voice Silenced: Tulku Palden Wangyal Dies in Chinese Custody
The Head Lama of the Choegyal Monasteries in Gonjo County, Tibet, died in prison after years of tort...Read More
2025-09-10
Hunan: The Tragic Death of Pastor Zhao Huaiguo
Bethel Church’s founder succumbed to years of police harassment and psychological torment. A rare bl...Read More
2025-09-08
Fuyang: New Raid, Arrests Target Maizhong Reformed Church
The third raid in one year led to the arrest of Elder Ma Tao and Pastor Chang Shun. Despite its refo...Read More
2025-07-07
Zhejiang: Pastor Huang Yizi Arrested Again
The veteran Christian dissident has been arrested for the third time since 2014. He has faced contin...Read More
2025-07-03
Xi’an Church of Abundance Pastor Lian Changnian Released After 2 Years and 8 Months of Detention, Suffering Severe Mental and Physical Trauma
As of June 7, 2025, according to information obtained, Pastor Lian Changnian of Xi’an Church of Abun...Read More
2025-06-24
Sentences Issued for Linfen Golden Lampstand Church and Covenant Home Church Cases; Li Shuangping Sentenced to 9 Years and 2 Months
On June 20, 2025, according to information obtained, several members of the Golden Lampstand Church ...Read More
2025-06-23
Two Tibetan Buddhist monastery leaders sentenced for Dege dam protests
The heads of Yena Monastery get 3-4 years in prison for opposing China’s planned hydropower project....Read More
2025-06-17
13 Christians in Guangdong Receive Harsh Sentences for Opening Home for Gatherings and Storing Church Books
Thirteen Christians in Jiangmen and Foshan, Guangdong Province, were sentenced by CCP’s people’s cou...Read More
2025-06-01
Xi’an: Crackdown on Zion’s Light Church, Ten Pastors and Co-Workers Arrested
Pastor Gao Quanfu, who is among those detained, is a key leader in the house church movement in Shaa...Read More
2025-05-30
Christian Couple in Their 70s Arrested; Husband Dies Just Four Hours Later
A 77-year-old Christian in Guangxi was taken away from home. Just over half an hour after arriving a...Read More
2025-05-24
Widespread Arrests in Zhejiang in 2024: Over Half of Detained Christians Forced Into Indoctrination
In 2024, at least 1,088 Christians from The Church of Almighty God (CAG) were detained in Zhejiang P...Read More
2025-05-23
Bengbu Living Stone Reformed Church: Pastor Sentenced to Five Years in Jail
He was accused of “fraud,” a charge now liberally used against Christian leaders who refuse to join ...Read More
2025-04-11
Uyghur rapper was imprisoned in China for ‘extremist’ lyrics, rights group says
Yashar Shohret, a former ‘White Paper’ protester, has been missing since his 2023 arrest. A young Uy...Read More
2025-04-01
Terror Through Photographs: China Publishes Pictures of Church of Almighty God Refugees Abroad
A Chinese website collects and publishes photographs of CAG asylum seekers in democratic countries. ...Read More
2025-03-09
The Transnational Persecution of The Church of Almighty God: An Appeal
Arrest, torture, extra-judicial killings in China and harassment abroad continue to target devotees ...Read More
2025-03-06
Nearly 20,000 CAG Members Arrested in 2024; Two Deaths in Four Days in Jilin Spark Global Concern
On February 28, 2025, 21 experts and scholars in religious human rights issued an appeal 1 urging th...Read More
2025-03-01
Christian Yu Xiaomei Arrested and Abused; Dies Following Medical Neglect and Condition Deterioration in Custody
Yu Xiaomei, a native of Yantai, Shandong Province, born in 1980, was a Christian from The Church of ...Read More
2025-02-25