New Citizens Movement founder Xu Zhiyong, (from Internet) Chinese police have launched a nationwide operation detaining at least eight people and questioning others, following a Dec. 13 meeting of liberal-minded activists and lawyers in the southeastern province of Fujian. Authorities in the eastern province of Shandong set up a police task force after the meeting in the Fujian port city of Xiamen, and had detained eight people in Fujian, Shandong, …
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Early Rain Covenant Church pastor Wang Yi and his wife are shown in an undated photo. (File Photo) A court in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan on Monday handed down a nine-year jail term to Wang Yi, the Protestant pastor of the Early Rain Covenant Church. Wang, who founded the church, was detained by police in Sichuan’s provincial capital Chengdu on Dec. 14, 2018 on suspicion of “incitement to …
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues using high-resolution security cameras to monitor, follow, and arrest Christians, illegally detains, and harshly sentences them. In December 2019, three Christians from The Church of Almighty God (CAG) were sentenced to imprisonment as long as seven to eight years. Many cities in mainland China have established a huge network monitoring system to monitor the people comprehensively (Internet Image) On the morning of November 15, …
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Ouyang Qiuping, female, born in 1989, is a resident of Yining City in Xinjiang. When she was 24 years old in 2013, she was arrested by the CCP and sentenced to 3 years and 6 months because of her faith in God. In September 2019, she received another sentence of 12 years’ imprisonment on the same charge and is still in prison as of now. On December 20, 2012, when …
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As in other areas of China, the persecution of this Christian new religious movement in the eastern province of Shandong has intensified considerably this year. by Ye Jiajia The Church of Almighty God (CAG) is the largest Christian new religious movement in China that has continuously suffered from brutal suppression at the hands of the CCP since its founding in 1991. It is the single most persecuted religious group in …
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Chen Weixiang, who worked for the Xin Huanwei group focusing on labor rights for street cleaners and sanitation workers, in undated photo from his time as a student at Sun Yat-sen University School of Medicine. (Photo courtesy of an RFA listener.) A labor rights worker, a volunteer and an intern were reported incommunicado in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Thursday, while mainland Chinese activists who took part in …
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Tibetan anti-corruption campaigner Anya Sengdra.(Photo: China Political Prisoner Concern) A Tibetan man detained in Qinghai on charges of disturbing social order after he complained online about corrupt officials, illegal mining, and the hunting of protected wildlife was convicted on Friday following a two-day trial and handed a seven-year term in prison, a Tibetan advocacy group says. Anya Sengdra, a resident of Kyangche township in Gade (in Chinese, Gande) county in …
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Jia Ling, female, born on June 18, 1982, an ordinary Christian from The Church of Almighty God (CAG), is from Nanyang City in Henan Province. In 2011, she went to live in the US with her husband. The two of them had to go back to China in 2014 because her husband’s visa had expired, and they took up temporary residence in their hometown in Henan. In September of 2014, …
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Two Christians from The Church of Almighty God in Jiangsu Province were arrested and given more than 7 years’ imprisonment. Some Christians revealed that they were subjected to brutal torture during detention. Ma Chunlan (pseudonym Hu Yang), female, was born on September 28, 1970 in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. She came to have faith in the Lord Jesus in 1992 and joined The Church of Almighty God in 2012. At …
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On April 9, 2019, Christian Wang Jiezhi from The Church of Almighty God was given a heavy sentence of 8 years and 6 months in prison and fined RMB 30,000 by the CCP government for taking charge of managing the church affairs. Wang Jiezhi (pseudonym Xiaojie), was born on May 4, 1970 in Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province. She joined The Church of Almighty God in 2005. Before her arrest she …
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Zou Jihuang 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, and joined The Church of Almighty God in 2008. He was arrested by the CCP in 2017 for his belief and evangelism, and was later sentenced to two years …
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A Christian was beaten and tortured in prison (A person not directly involved) Yang Yi (pseudonym), female, born in 1960, from the eastern province of Zhejiang, is a Christian of The Church of Almighty God (CAG). She was arrested by the police in July 2017 for her belief, and later sentenced to two years and six months in prison. During her sentence term, because she refused to give up her …
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Cui Yuhua 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 in November 2018 while the CCP carried out a unified arrest operation in Zibo city. During her detention, she was mistreated and was delayed in treating her breast disease, …
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The Christian was being tortured (Image of the scene) 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 she did the church work in August 2017 in Fuqing city in the southeastern province of Fujian, she was arrested by the …
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The police interrogated and tortured Christian (File photo not party) 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 CCP and pursued and harassed over 16 years merely for her belief, during which she suffered hypertension from prolonged mental pressure …
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A christian was being tortured by Chinese policemen. (File photo not party ) After being arrested by the CCP police for their faith, members of The Church of Almighty God (CAG) are mostly subjected to torture during interrogation. Many of these Christians are injured and disabled as a result. “The CCP’s detention house is practically like a hell on earth. If not for God’s protection, I would not have been …
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Three members of this banned religious group in China share their horrifying experiences of torture after being arrested for their faith. by Deng Changlin A CAG member is questioned in a cell (From Internet) Sound torture is a form of psychological warfare used to break people’s will using loud music or other noises. Law enforcement authorities in China often employ this method on people of faith because it doesn’t leave …
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A member of The Church of Almighty God recounts three years and six months in detention where he was forced to eat cockroaches and banned from the toilet for days. by Deng Jie The Church of Almighty God (CAG) is a Chinese Christian new religious movement that has been severely persecuted by the regime for years. After Church members are arrested, they are often subjected to brutal torture to disclose information about the CAG or renounce …
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To eradicate The Church of Almighty God, the CCP goes to great lengths to deprive it of financial means, including vicious harassment of its members. Police tortures a Christian by Yang Guang’an The torture that a member of The Church of Almighty God (CAG) in his 50s endured from the hands of the Chinese authorities will haunt him for the rest of his life. The man from the eastern province …
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Ms. Liu Yi (pseudonym), a Christian in her 60s, was subjected to abusiveness, confinement, sleep deprivation, ill-treatment and forced indoctrination merely because of her faith, leaving her with severe physical and mental trauma. (from Internet) “The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tormented me for more than two months by indoctrinating and confining me. During the two or three months after returning home, I just could not sleep. I was haunted by …
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The police interrogated and tortured Christian (File photo not party) 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 CCP and pursued and harassed over 16 years merely for her belief, during which she suffered hypertension from prolonged mental pressure …
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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 ambulance in China (Photo from the Internet) Members of The Church of Almighty God (CAG), the largest Chinese Christian new religious movement, brutally suppressed and persecuted since its founding in 1991, face the risk of being arrested at any time. Countless members …
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Zhang Meijuan (alias), a female born in 1973, was a resident of Zhejiang Province. She was a Christian from The Church of Almighty God (CAG). Because of her faith, she was arrested and detained by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 2017. During her custody, she was subjected to mistreatment including having to take cold showers for prolonged periods of time, which led her to develop lung disease and …
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Liu Jun (alias), male, born in 1998, a resident of Jiangxi Province, joined The Church of Almighty God (CAG) in 2015. He was always a mature, obedient child who was loyal and honest. In July 2018, he was arrested by the CCP because of his faith. Though they were aware that he suffered from kidney disease, the police still interrogated and intimidated him, leading to a worsening of his condition …
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Ding Baoying (alias: Chen Yun), female, born on June 25, 1954, was a native of Qiqihar City in Heilongjiang Province, China and later in 1994 relocated to Tangshan City in Hebei Province. In 1987, she began believing in the Lord Jesus and in 2000 she entered The Church of Almighty God (CAG). She was an extremely kind person, very caring to her parents and always willing to lend a helping …
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Li Sulian, female, was born on June 23, 1963; she lived on the 12th floor of the Wanding Square Community in Yucheng County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province. She became a believer in the Lord Jesus in 1993 and in 2000 joined The Church of Almighty God. On May 7, 2019, she was pursued and surrounded at her home by the CCP police because she had been sharing the gospel. In …
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Author: Zhou Tao December 26th, 2016, was the day my mother died. The weather in Huai Bei (a city in northern Anhui Province, China) that year was exceedingly frigid. The cold, which seeped deep into your bones, had frozen the earth solid. Shattered by my mother’s death, my broken family was all the more despondent. I silently stood guard over my mother’s body and my father’s remains. As I thought …
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Waris Ababekri (fifth from left, front row), Dolkun Isa (sixth from left, front row), and other members of the Students Cultural Scientist Union at Xinjiang University, in an undated photo.(Photo: RFA) A long-time Uyghur activist has died days after being released from an internment camp in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), according to sources, amid concerns that abuse in detention may have contributed to his death. Waris Ababekri, …
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Paralyzed old man（from Internet） Liu Hua (alias), born May 1950, was a man from Guyuan City in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. He began believing in the Lord Jesus in 1992 and then entered into The Church of Almighty God (CAG) in 2004. He was honest, loyal and always happy to help others. In December of 2012, Liu Hua was arrested by police of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for spreading …
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Gao Ying was a 73-year-old woman from Bin-zhou City in Shandong Province. She was a Christian and member of The Church of Almighty God (CAG). An Old Woman.(from Internet) On August 27, 2018, Gao Ying and her husband Gao Sheng, along with three other Christians, were holding a gathering in their home when 5 or 6 officers from the local police station suddenly stormed in, and without providing any identification, …
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