ICC Note:

A Chinese pastor who has been jailed for “obstructing justice” and “gathering a crowd to disturb public order” has learned that his trial has been scheduled for December 26th. Yang was pastoring the largest church in his province when his church was raided. He was given a short detainment sentence for trying to prevent authorities from taking his hard drive. The day he was set to be released, however, he was herded into a van wearing a black hood. He was later charged with “illegally possessing state secrets.”

12/15/2016 China (China Aid) – A lawyer recently received a notice from a local court in China’s central Guizhou province announcing the trial of his client, an incarcerated house church pastor.

The Nanshan District People’s Court in Guiyang issued Chen Jiangang, the defense attorney of Li Guozhi—who is commonly known by his alias, Yang Hua—a notice that his client’s trial was scheduled to take place at 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 26, 2016.

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