Tag: Nanle

Jailed Chinese pastor ‘close to death following torture’

June 30, 2017 China Henan, Nanle, Zhang Shaojie

A popular Chinese pastor serving a 12-year jail sentence has been tortured in prison and is reportedly close to death. Pastor Zhang Shaojie of Nanle County Church in Henan Province is “barely alive”, according to his daughter, Esther Zhang Huixin. She told the US-based rights charity China Aid he is . . . Read More

China’s church crackdown jails pastor for 12 years

July 8, 2014 China China, Nanle, Zhang Shaojie

A prominent Chinese pastor of the ‘official’ state-sanctioned church was jailed for 12 years on Friday morning for “gathering crowds to disturb public order” and fraud. World Watch Monitor reported on Pastor Zhang Shaojie, of the Nanle County Church in eastern China, and 23 other members of its congregation, who were . . . Read More

Nanle Church update: 11 released

January 6, 2014 China China, Henan, Nanle

A number of Christians from Nanle County Church in Henan Province, China, have been released after almost two months in custody, although 13 are still being detained. Twenty-four church members were arrested in mid-November, including five church leaders, after a dispute over a piece of land on which the group . . . Read More

More Christians arrested in Nanle

December 23, 2013 China China, Henan, Nanle, Zhang Shaojie

Several more members of Nanle County Church in Henan Province in China have been arrested, China Aid reports. Those reportedly detained include the youngest daughter of Pastor Zhang Shaojie, who was himself one of the 24 church members arrested last month. Seven of the 24 were reportedly released, but the . . . Read More

Chinese Christians’ lawyers attacked in presence of foreign TV crew

December 20, 2013 China Henan, Nanle, Three-Self Patriotic Movement, Zhang Shaojie

Lawyers took shelter in a nearby office, using furniture to barricade the door from the mob outside.China Aid Association An attack on lawyers hired to defend 17 detained Christians in central China, shown around the world on Sky TV, has drawn attention to a case which may not be . . . Read More

Lawyers begin hunger strike

December 13, 2013 China China, Henan, Nanle

Fifteen lawyers who have been prevented from seeing their clients – a group of 24 Chinese Christians arrested in Henan Province earlier this month – have started a hunger strike outside the Nanle County Public Security Bureau. China Aid reports that of the 24 Christians detained, seven have been released, . . . Read More

Chinese church protests against arrest of 23 members

December 3, 2013 China Beijing, Henan, Nanle, Three-Self Patriotic Movement, Zhang Shaojie

House church’ in Henan province, pictured in late 1980s/early 1990s.Open Doors International A church in eastern China has written a letter to the Chinese government, demanding permission to stage a protest against the detention of 23 members of its congregation. The Nanle County Church in Puyang, Henan province, which . . . Read More

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