Arbitrary Detention
Torture
Cases Of Death
Arbitrary Detention
Fears Grow For Detained Chinese Activist ‘Cut Off From Supply of Medicine’
The health of Ge Jueping (right) is declining and worrying. (Provided by human rights defender) Photo: RFA Concerns are growing over the health of a detained rights activist in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, who has been held for nearly two years in pretrial detention. Ge Jueping was among a group of at least nine rights activists detained in Jiangsu’s Suzhou city since 2016, when China played host to …
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Maoist Labor Campaigner ‘Kidnapped,’ Believed Detained, in China’s Guangdong
A Maoist activist who supported a campaign to set up an independent workers’ union in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong has been “kidnapped” and is being detained in an unknown location, prompting further protests by labor activists, RFA has learned. Labor organizer Shen Mengyu is shown in an undated photo.
Photo provided by an RFA listener Shen Mengyu, a former employee of the Jasic Technology factory in Guangdong’s Shenzhen city, …
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Beijing Artist Under House Arrest in Remote Corner of China’s Yunnan
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan are holding an outspoken artist who supported a woman sent to a psychiatric hospital for splashing a poster of President Xi Jinping with ink, RFA has learned. Hua Yong and Dong Jianbiao before the arrest on July 13, 2018. (Screenshot from Hua Yong’s live stream video) Beijing-based artist Hua Yong was detained for questioning after the protest in Shanghai by Dong Yaoqiong, …
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Members of The Church of Almighty God on The Run Arrested Through The Use of China’s Global Surveillance System
As soon as fugitives use their credit card or show their ID documents for hotel check-in or for purchasing a train ticket, they are identified and arrested. On July 14, Bitter Winter reported that on June 26 at least 500 members of The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese Christian new religious movement, were arrested in Liaoning Province as part of the nation-wide crackdown on The Church of Almighty God …
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China Puts Guangdong Musician on Trial Who Sang About Liu Xiaobo
A musician who sang about late Nobel peace laureate and political prisoner Liu Xiaobo stood trial on Friday in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on public order charges. Dissident songwriter Xu Lin holds a sign leaving his possessions to his wife in the event of his ‘disappearance,’ July 11, 2015. …
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House Church Christian Arrested for Intending to go to Taiwan
A house church member from Yucheng in Dezhou city, Shandong Province was apprehended after buying an online ticket to go to a religious event. The CCP’s official media report on the “No. 1 Central Document” demanding increased crackdowns on rural religious activities (online screenshot) In January 2018, Liu Fangfang (pseudonym) bought a plane ticket online to attend a religious event in Taiwan and was arrested at her mother’s home right …
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Witnesses’ Accounts of the June 26-28 Arrests IN DanDong City
More information has been revealed about the arrest of 500 members of The Church of Almighty God on June 26-28 in Liaoning Province. Bitter Winter reported earlier that the Chinese Communist Party authorities’ massive crackdown on The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese Christian new religious movement, on June 26-28, had been planned months in advance of its execution. It resulted in the arrests of 500 believers in Almighty God, …
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Beijing Christian Illegally Arrested Upon Arrival Back in China for Contacting the Church Abroad
ADHRRF – On May 20, 2018, a Beijing Christian of The Church of Almighty God was intercepted and arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport by Beijing State Security Bureau after her arrival from travel abroad. She was illegally detained and interrogated for 5 days. Beijing Capital International Airport / by Zhanyanguange / CC BY-SA 3.0 It is learned that Zixuan (pseudonym, female), a Christian of The Church of Almighty God from Changping District …
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Police Stormed House Church and Detained 17 Christians in Yichun, Jiangxi
Bitter Winter has just received a believable report that, on October 29, 2017, at about 3:40 p.m., more than a dozen policemen broke into a house church in the city of Yichun, Jiangxi Province, where Christians were gathering for prayer. Without producing any credentials or a warrant, the police rummaged through the house, turning it upside down. The church’s preacher Zhang Ming (male, 59) demanded the police on whose authority they …
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Eleven Members of The Church of Almighty God Arrested
Around 5:00 p.m. on May 19, Xia Wei (pseudonym, female, 21), a member of The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese Christian new religious movement, was arrested by the Chinese government in Chongqing along with ten other members of the congregation. The Public Security Bureau enforced residential surveillance of Xia Wei at her residence for the crime of “suspected use of a xie jiao organization to undermine the enforcement of the law.” In the …
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Torture
Church of Almighty God Members Arrested Across ShanDong
Nationwide “Operation Thunder” against The Church of Almighty God is in full force in Shandong Province. Since May of this year, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government has launched “Operation Thunder,” cracking down on The Church of Almighty God (CAG), a Chinese Christian new religious movement, throughout different regions in different provinces of China. Bitter Winter has reported on mass arrests in Chongqing City, Jiangsu Province, and Liaoning Province, currently …
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Jailed Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Suffers Memory Loss in Prison: Wife
The wife of a jailed Chinese rights lawyer caught up in the July 2015 crackdown says he is suffering from memory loss in prison, raising concerns that the authorities may be dosing him with psychoactive medications. Jiang Tianyong was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment on charges of “incitement to subvert state power” last November, after he pleaded guilty at what his family said was a show trial in August. Chinese …
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Three Christians Arrested, Detained and Abused for Preaching the Gospel in Shanghai
At 7 p.m. on December 5, 2012, three Christians by the names of Liang Meixiu (alias, female, 46, Suqian City), Yu Wenzhi and Chen Xueting (both aliases) were arrested by the police of a village police station in Baoshan District, Shanghai when they were preaching the gospel in that village. The police interrogated them about preaching the gospel and gave Liang Meixiu two hard slaps in the face. The next …
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After House Raid, Detention and Expulsion, Christian Father and Daughter in Nujiang Were Driven into Desperation
Zhao Guogang (male, 54) and his daughter, Zhao Jinghui (female, 23), the residents in Lushui County, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, are both Christians of The Church of Almighty God. At around 9 a.m. on May 15, 2014, five policemen violently broke into the house of Zhao Guogang to search his house like bandits without showing any credentials. After seizing some books on belief in God, the police station …
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China: The Church of Almighty God Couple Arrested, Drugged and Tortured
HRWF (14.12.2017) – On 24 October 2016, two members of The Church of Almighty God from the Pukou District in Jiangsu Province, 46-year-old Yang Jun and his wife, 47-year-old Li Mei (aliases), were arrested by the Chinese police. During their detention, police allegedly put drugs into their food and tortured them, leaving them unconscious at times. Both Yang Jun and Li Mei have suffered serious mental and physical scars. Timeline: …
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China: Four Members of The Church of Almighty God Arrested and Tortured in Huaiyang County
HRWF (27.11.2017) – The Chinese government has conducted nationwide mass arrests of members of the Church of Almighty God on charges of “endangering the social stability” and “subverting the government”. Church members claim that the government has fabricated rumors, slander, and used radio, television, the internet, and media channels to propagate derogatory reports against the group. Members report being subject to arbitrary searches of private property, secret arrests, extorted confessions …
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Cases Of Death
Christian Xu Xinyao Beaten to Death While Imprisoned
On December 10, 2012, Xu Xinyao (alias: Li Hong), a Christian from The Church of Almighty God, was arrested by the authorities of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for believing in Almighty God. On January 7, 2013, he was killed during incarceration at the age of 49. Born on July 16, 1964, Xu was a resident of Dongshe Village Group 3, Longchi Township, Pucheng County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province. He …
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Christian Shen Suping Tricked into Going to Police Station Then Persecuted to Death
In November 2013, the police of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) entrapped and arrested Christian Shen Suping from Rugao City in Jiangsu Province, and then secretly executed her, all for believing in Almighty God. She was 57 years old. The victim Shen Suping (alias Zhang Ping), female, was born on June 14 in 1957. She was from Zhongxin Village, Jiang’an Town in Jiangsu’s Rugao City. She joined The Church of …
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Christian Wei Xiuyun Tortured to Death by Chinese Communist Police
Victim Wei Xiuyun, female, born June 8, 1952, resident of Longxi Village, Dianbu Town, Feidong County, Hefei City, Anhui Province, China, joined The Church of Almighty God (CAG) in 1998. On November 17, 2014, Wei was arrested by the Public Security Bureau of Feidong County, Hefei City, Anhui Province, for believing in Almighty God. On the second day after her arrest, she was tortured into a comatose vegetative state. After …
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Christian Wang Fang Tortured to Death by Chinese Communist Police While Detained
Wang Fang (alias: Jiajia), female, was born on September 13, 1980 in Jinyang Town, Liangzhou District, Wuwei City, Gansu Province. She lived in the dormitories of a mud logging company in Huochezhan Town, Shanshan County, Xinjiang. She joined The Church of Almighty God (CAG) in 2011. One day in December 2012, Wang Fang was arrested by police in Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region because of her belief in Almighty …
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Christian Zhang Xiaoyue Dies From Hunger Strike Protesting Unbearable Bullying by Chinese Communist Police
Zhang Xiaoyue, female, born in 1964 and lived in Sankou Town of Huangshan City’s Huangshan District in Anhui Province, China. She started believing in the Lord Jesus in 1996 and joined The Church of Almighty God (CAG) in 1997. On September 2, 2014, Zhang Xiaoyue was arrested by the police of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) because of her belief in Almighty God. She was sentenced to three years in …
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Christian Wu Xia Persecuted to Death by Chinese Communist Government
On August 23, 2009, Wu Xia, a Christian from The Church of Almighty God (CAG) was arrested by officers of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) because of her belief in Almighty God. She was murdered while in custody at the age of 57. Prior to her death, Wu Xia lived in the Sucheng District of Suqian City, Jiangsu Province. She joined The Church of Almighty God in 2003 and was …
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Christian Chen Yanling Dies After Police Intentionally Delay Medical Treatment While in Custody
Chen Yanling, female, was born in 1972 and lived in Yanzi Township, Qian’an County, Songyuan City, Jilin Province. She started believing in the Lord in 1997 and joined The Church of Almighty God (CAG) in 2000. One day in the middle of May 2003, after learning that Chen Yanling believed in Almighty God, the Political Security Section of Qian’an County, Songyuan City immediately dispatched six or seven o cers to …
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Christian Li Suansuan Injured and Killed by Chinese Communist Government
Li Suansuan, female, a Christian from The Church of Almighty God (CAG), resided at No. 50, Junmingongjian Road, Turpan City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region before being killed at age 47; joined The Church of Almighty God in 2012, arrested when receiving Christians at the Church’s gathering. On or about July 20, 2013, Li Suansuan was forcibly arrested by the Shengli Police Station in Turpan City for believing in Almighty God …
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Christian Zhan Hongmei Brutally Beaten to Death by Chinese Communist Police
Zhan Hongmei, female, was born in 1970 and was from Dongmiao East Village in Jiudian Town, Pingdu City, Shandong Province. She believed in Jesus along with her parents since she was small. In the fall of 1998, she joined The Church of Almighty God (CAG). She honored her parents-in-law, was very reasonable, and very well-liked in the neighborhood. She was arrested by the police of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) …
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China: The Church of Almighty God Members Fatally Tortured While in Custody
HRWF (17.01.18) – Since early 2017, the Chinese government has increased nationwide arrests of members of The Church of Almighty God (CAG), under an initiative they call “Door-knocking Action”. Security officials and police officers search from house to house, arresting, detaining and sometimes torturing and even killing members of The Church of Almighty God. Two official CCP websites report that 204 members of the CAG were arrested by the Public …
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