Three members of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China, have been detained, and many families have been subject to forced evictions, according to a statement published by the church on 26 March.
Elder Hu Shigen, a veteran human rights defender and house church leader, was released from prison in Tianjin, China on 26 March after completing his prison sentence.
The wife of Chinese human rights lawyer Chang Weiping accepted the 2021 Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on 23 March. Lawyer Chang was a 2021 laureate of the prize, but has not been able to accept due to his continued detention.
The US-based Christian organization China Aid has reported that Uyghur house church pastor Alimujiang Yimiti was released from prison upon completion of a 15-year sentence in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
