ICC Note: Chinese authorities arrested three citizens for obtaining Bibles and other religious materials. Two of the offenders were at their workplace during the time of the arrest, while the third was in his private home. This is just another incident that is the result of ongoing harassment and persecution by the authorities after the Zhongfu Tongxin Church congregation refused to join the government-sanctioned “Three-Self Patriotic Movement.” This congregation is being repeatedly harassed and oppressed because of their faith. Chinese authorities are stripping Christians of  their religious freedom. 

6/22/2016 China (China Aid)  Last month local police detained three Christians in China’s Guangdong province for possessing religious materials, including a Bible.

According to China Aid, authorities apprehended two Christians at their workplaces and one from a private residence for possessing the materials. Officials later released one Christian, but the two taken into custody for receiving a Bible remain in detention.

The three arrests were part of the ongoing harassment of the members of the Zhongfu Tongxin Church.

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