ICC Note: A man in China exercises his human right to deny the seizure of his land, yet is killed for doing so. Witnesses say he stood in front of a front-loader vehicle to try and stop contractors from building a road across his land. However, the man’s brave protest resulted in the vehicle driving into and over the farmer. There are many horrific reports of the Chinese government oppressing their people. The international community will remember a similar event occurring as Ding Cuimei, the wife of a house church leader, was buried alive while attempting to stop the demolition of their church earlier this year. 

08/26/2016 China (Christian Today): A farmer in China who resisted the seizure of his land has been killed, the Christian human rights organisation China Aid reports.

The farmer stood in front of a front-loader vehicle to try and stop contractors building a road across his land.

The vehicle was then driven into and over the farmer, who lost his life, according to China Aid.

Social media posts that have since been deleted described how the man’s property was seized and a team of builders sent to construct a road over it.

“Officially, the state claims the death was caused by a faulty operation of machine and says it is investigating the situation, but internet users allege that it was intentional,” said China Aid. “Most social media posts related to the incident have been deleted, leaving little information on the event.”

One person wrote on social media: “Is the government any different than bandits?”

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