Xi’an Church of Abundance (‘Fengsheng’) released a statement on 22 February with details of the torture and mistreatment that three detained leaders of the church were subjected to in custody. Senior Pastor Lian Changnian, 69, his son, Pastor Lian Xuliang, 41, and preacher Fu Juan, 38, had been held under ‘Residential Surveillance in a Designated …
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A Chinese human rights lawyer was expelled from a law court in Huixian, Henan Province, while defending a Falun Gong practitioner on 17 February. He was then reported to local police who interrogated him at a police station.
Welcome to our latest edition of China Voices, a quarterly update on freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China. The last quarter of 2022 may be remembered as one of the most eventful in China since 1989. A party Congress heralded strongman Xi Jinping’s leadership for the foreseeable future. A protester hung banners from …
