By BECKY DAVIS AUGUST 5, 2014 4:13 AM August 5, 2014 11:07 am
Police officers on July 29 searching a house that some of Wu Zeheng’s followers had rented for the summer to be near his residence in Zhuhai.Credit Hua Xin
The authorities in the southern province of Guangdong Continue reading
Buddhist Sect Leader Detained During Raid已关闭评论
Posted in Religious Freedom
Posted July 29th, 2014 by Cat Lucas & filed under Campaigns.
English PEN is delighted to be supporting fellow charity Give A Book with the establishment of dedicated Book Rooms at HMP Wormwood Scrubs
For more than a decade, English PEN has been sending writers Continue reading
English PEN supports new Book Rooms at HMP Wormwood Scrubs已关闭评论
Posted in PEN International News, Religious Freedom
The Wuxi Christian Church in China’s Zhejiang Province. The authorities have issued demolition notices to more than 100 churches in the area.
DIDI TANG / ASSOCIATED PRESS
JULY 28, 2014
BEIJING — In another sign of the authorities’ efforts Continue reading
China Removes Crosses From Two More Churches in Crackdown已关闭评论
Posted in Religious Freedom
Tagged Crosses, Religious Freedom, Removes, Wenzhou
JULY 8, 2014
Sophie Richardson
Peacefully holding aloft banners calling for an end to corruption. Peacefully protesting outside government buildings. Peacefully gathering to commemorate historical anniversaries. These efforts have in recent months led to activists Continue reading
Dispatches: China’s Repression Isn’t Public Order已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Religious Freedom
Tagged Nanle, Paster, Sophie Richardson, Zhang Shaojie
2014-07-08
Christian pastor Zhang Shaojie in detention in February 2014.
Photo courtesy of lawyer Liu Weiguo.
Authorities in the central Chinese province of Henan have handed a 12-year Continue reading
Chinese Christian Pastor’s 12-Year Prison Term ‘A Miscarriage of Justice’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Religious Freedom
Tagged Christian Pastor, Nanle, Religious Freedom, Zhang Shaojie
2014-06-24
Officials check vehicles leading to the town of Oubei, outside the city of Wenzhou on April 30, 2014, where Chinese authorities began demolishing a Christian church two days earlier.
AFP
Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang Continue reading
Crosses in China’s Wenzhou City Fall Amid Widening Crackdown on Churches已关闭评论
Posted in Religious Freedom
Tagged Christian churches, Religious Freedom, Wenzhou
Another Chinese church is stripped of its cross as a Communist Party ‘anti-church’ demolition campaign continues in Zhejiang province
A crane winches a large red cross from one of three domes on the Guantou church in Wenzhou
By Tom Phillips, Shanghai9:14AM BST 17 Jun 2014
Nearly a week after Chinese Christians thwarted Continue reading
Chinese church’s fightback fails to stop cross removal已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Religious Freedom
Tagged Christian churches, Removed, Wenzhou
2014-06-20
Gao Zhisheng during an interview at his office in Beijing, in a file photo.
AFP
Jailed human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, one of China’s highest-profile dissidents, is scheduled to complete his three-year prison term at a remote jail in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang in early August, Continue reading
Jail Term of China’s Human Rights Lawyer to End in August已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Religious Freedom
Tagged Falun Gong, Gao Zhisheng, Human Rights Lawyer
