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Entries Tagged as 'Religous Persecution'

Son of Pastor Bike Zhang in Critical Condition after Severe Beating from PSB Officials

October 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Posted Oct 16 2008 by ChinaAid
Contact: Daniel Burton
(432) 689-6985
Photo: Bike Zhang and his elder son Zhang Jian
BEIJING – ChinaAid has learned that Zhang Jian, the elder son of Pastor “Bike” Zhang Mingxuan, was severely beaten by Public Security Bureau (PSB) officials while at home with his mother, Xie Fenglan, in Beijing on October 16. Xie [...]

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Tags: Human Rights Abuse · Religous Persecution

Pastor Zhang Zhongxin in Shandong will be on a closed door trial

September 25th, 2008 · No Comments

According to China Aid Association, Mr. Zhang Zhongxin, a pastor of a house church in Jiaxiang, Jining city, Shandong province, will be on a closed door trial tomorrow (Friday in China). Pastor Wang is one of the conscience prisoners in our list for release appeal.
Issued by ChinaAid, September 24, 2008
SHANDONG — A closed-door trial [...]

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International Religious Freedom Report 2008 on P.R.China

September 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Released on 09-19-2008  US Department of State
China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, Macau)
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Reports on Tibet, Hong Kong and Macau are appended at the end of this report.
The Constitution and laws provide for freedom of religious belief and the freedom not to believe, although the Constitution only protects [...]

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Two Famous Cases of Christians Persecuted

September 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Issued by China Aid Association (www.chinaaid.org)
September 4, 2008
Beijing Book Store Owner, Shi Weihan, Barely Recognizable to Close Friends due to Extreme Deterioration of Health
Beijing- CAA has learned that Christian bookstore owner and house church leader, Mr. Shi Weihan, was transferred to the Beijing Haidian District Detention Center. Shi’s case has been transferred from the Public [...]

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Pastor (Bike) Mingxuan and wife released from detention

August 30th, 2008 · No Comments

August 29, 2008 Issued by China Aid Association, Inc.
Pastor Bike Mingxuan and wife released from detention but prohibited from returning to Beijing
Photo: Pastor Bike Mingxuan
Henan- CAA has learned that House Church President Bike Zhang Mingxuan and his wife were released by PSB officials on August 29. In a direct phone call from pastor Bike to [...]

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Secret Crackdown Campaign Prepared in China against Independent Church Leaders and Freedom Defenders

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Posted Aug 18 2008
China Aid Association, Inc.
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Contact: Daniel Burton (432)-689-6985
Photo: Original Beijing Municipal Security Document Posted on Streets in Beijing
August 17, Monday
Midland, Texas- CAA has learned that an important secret directive issued by the Political and Legal Committee of the Central Committee of the CPC has been communicated to all [...]

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President Bush Visited Officially Staged Church Service; House Church Pastor Hua Huiqi Arrested and Escaped from Police Custody

August 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Posted Aug 10 2008
China Aid Association, Inc.
Tel: (267) -205-5210
Fax: (432)-686-8355
E-mail: info@ChinaAid.org
Website: http://www.chinaaid.org/ http://www.monitorchina.org/
Contact: Daniel Burton (432)-689-6985 Photo: pastor Hua Huiqi
(Beijing Church Reporter: Zhang Lujia. August 10.) Today, President Bush visited TSPM’s Kuanjie Church established by the government and attended a service. As a result of this, [...]

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Introduction to the Founder

Dr. Yang Jianli

Founder and President of Initiatives for China, Dr. Yang Jianli was born in Shandong Province in northern China. A graduate of Beijing Normal University, Dr. Yang holds a PhD. in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in Political Economy from the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. In 1989, at the age of 26, his fellow graduate students at Berkeley selected him to go to Beijing in support of their counterparts in China who were demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square. He arrived in Tiananmen Square in time to witness the massacre of thousands of peaceful demonstrators by the guns and tanks of the Chinese government. This event fundamentally changed young Jianli's future. He narrowly escaped capture and returned to the United States where he committed himself to studying democracy. Read more...