The Head Lama of the Choegyal Monasteries in Gonjo County, Tibet, died in prison after years of torture and isolation. The mountains we call home have long echoed with chants of compassion and wisdom. But today, they mourn. It hasRead More →
Bethel Church’s founder succumbed to years of police harassment and psychological torment. A rare blurred image of Pastor Zhao and CCP officers inspecting the Cili County Detention Center where he was detained. From Weibo. On September 5, 2025, Pastor ZhaoRead More →
A 77-year-old Christian in Guangxi was taken away from home. Just over half an hour after arriving at the police station, he suffered a heart attack. Despite his repeated pleas for help, the police ignored him, causing him to missRead More →
A Chinese website collects and publishes photographs of CAG asylum seekers in democratic countries. China will easily identify them with facial recognition software. by Massimo Introvigne Some months ago, “Bitter Winter” exposed the scandal of the Chinese website Da AiRead More →
Arrest, torture, extra-judicial killings in China and harassment abroad continue to target devotees of the church. Their asylum request in democratic countries should be granted. by Bitter Winter Information laboriously obtained and verified by the specialized daily magazine “Bitter Winter”Read More →
On February 28, 2025, 21 experts and scholars in religious human rights issued an appeal 1 urging the international community to pay attention to the large-scale persecution of members of The Church of Almighty God (CAG). The appeal highlights thatRead More →
Yu Xiaomei, a native of Yantai, Shandong Province, born in 1980, was a Christian from The Church of Almighty God. Her neighbors all knew her as a filial daughter-in-law who cared devotedly for her parents-in-law, looked after her children, andRead More →
Only six months after the incident it was confirmed that Xia Zhenglun died in Guanyun County in September 2023. by Yang Feng Sometimes, in present-day China, it takes months to confirm an information. This was the case with the sadRead More →
Chu Qingming (pseudonym), male, born in 1971, a resident of the eastern province of Shandong, was a Christian of The Church of Almighty God (CAG). He was arrested by the CCP police in December 2020 for his belief in AlmightyRead More →
Hu Zhibin (pseudonym), male, born in 1953, was a Christian of The Church of Almighty God (CAG) in the central province of Hubei. In October 2018, Hu was arrested by the CCP police for his faith in Almighty God andRead More →
Qin Dafu, male, born on April 24, 1963, resident of Chongqing municipality in the southwestern China, was a Christian of The Church of Almighty God (CAG). In August 2018, Qin was arrested for his belief in Almighty God, and wasRead More →
Wu Yuezhen, female, born in June 1963, resident of Dengfeng city in the central province of Henan, joined The Church of Almighty God in October 2006. She was arrested by the CCP police in May 2009 merely for her beliefRead More →
Zhang Jian (pseudonym), male, born in 1948, and his wife, Liu Mei (pseudonym), born in 1950, are residents of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. They joined The Church of Almighty God in 2008. They were arrested in September 2014 by theRead More →
Qin Shiqin, female, born in 1969, was a resident of Yuanhou community in Xifuzhen sub-district of Chengyang district of Qingdao city in the eastern province of Shandong. She joined The Church of Almighty God (CAG) in 2002. The CCP carriedRead More →
Wei Aizhi, female, born in 1960, a resident in Baima town in Dancheng county administered by Zhoukou city in the central province of Henan, joined The Church of Almighty God in 2004. She was arrested and detained by the policeRead More →
Zou Jihuang, male, born in 1954, was a resident in Moshi town in Changyang Tujia autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Yichang city in the central province of Hubei. He began his belief in the Lord Jesus in 2007, andRead More →
Cui Yuhua, female, born in 1971, a resident in Yinliu village in Yucheng town in Boshan district of Zibo city in the eastern province of Shandong, joined The Church of Almighty God in 2010. She was arrested and detained inRead More →
Shen Minzhi, female, born on October 6, 1984, was a resident in Madian village, Lucheng town, Lujiang county in Hefei, the capital of the eastern province of Anhui. She joined The Church of Almighty God in 2008, and when sheRead More →
Yang Shifang, female, born in 1958, a resident in Lan’gan town in Huaibin county under the jurisdiction of Xinyang City in the central province of Henan, joined The Church of Almighty God in 1999. She was arrested by the CCPRead More →
After years of abuse and harassment, living under close surveillance, some members of this banned religious group in China chose to take their own lives. by Li Wensheng Members of The Church of Almighty God (CAG), the largest Chinese ChristianRead More →
During the Christian Zhang Meijuan‘s custody, she was subjected to mistreatment including having to take cold showers for prolonged periods of time, which led her to develop a persistent cough, and deteriorated rapidly into advanced lung cancer, which caused her terrible agony and her death.Read More →
