Month: July 2009

Communist China: Chinese Pastor And Wife Sentenced To One Year Labor Camp
— “Advocacy group China Aid Association (CAA) told BosNewsLife that Pastor Dou Shaowen and his wife Feng Lu of Rock (Panshi) Church in Zhengzhou city of  Henan province were sentenced to a labor camp”
— for “engaging in illegal religious activities”

China Releases House Church Leaders, Christians
— “Among them were all 18 house church leaders detained in Langzhong city of Sichuan province on June 9. They were ‘released due to pressure from many supporters who called’ the Public Security Bureau (PSB) one of China’s main law enforcement agencies, said China Aid Association (CAA), a major advocacy group.”
— “More than a dozen house church leaders and Christians in two Chinese provinces were free Tuesday, June 30, after they were released by authorities from detention amid international pressure, Chinese Christians said”
— “They were reportedly detained June 9 when security forces raided a meeting of some 30 house church leaders in the Langzhong city of Pastor Li Ming. Police released 12 leaders the same day, but detained 18 others, Christians said.”
— “Elsewhere three detained house church leaders of Taochuan Village Christian Church in Shaanxi province were released after serving detention for ‘engaging in ‘illegal religious activities,’ CAA said.”