ICC Note:

The wife of imprisoned pastor, known as Yang Hua, says that his medical condition has improved slightly. The pastor’s condition was originally misdiagnosed and he was given only pain medication, allowing infections on his leg to spread. He is only allowed a visit from immediate family members once a month. Yang Hua was sentenced to two and a half years on trumped up charges for “divulging state secrets.” He was tortured and his family threatened to coerce a confession. China tortures prisoners of conscience to elicit confessions for crimes against the state.

4/21/2017 China (China Aid) – The wife of a gravely ill pastor imprisoned in China’s southern Guizhou province informed ChinaAid that her husband’s condition is improving, but not optimistic.

Wang Hongwu and her youngest son recently visited her husband, incarcerated church pastor Yang Hua, who contracted a critical illness while serving a two-and-a-half year sentence on a trumped up “divulging state secrets” charge. After their meeting, she said:

“We were forced to hang up only after 10 minutes of conversation. One of Yang Hua’s inmates laid him on his back and carried him to the meeting room. Although he still couldn’t walk, I could tell that the infections on his legs were under control, and the festering was also beginning to heal. His mental condition was good. Yang Hua cried when he saw his younger son, but we didn’t cry. We were so happy and full of gratefulness and peace.

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