ChinaAid: "2013 Persecution Report indicates rising trend in persecution cases"

The China Aid Association is a non-profit Christian organization - based in Midland, Texas - with a mission to uncover and reveal the truth about religious persecution in China, focusing especially on the unofficial church. They do this, they explain in their website, by exposing the abuses, encouraging the abused and equipping the saints to advance the kingdom of God throughout China.

China Aid Association 2013 Persecution Report indicates rising trend in persecution cases

Distributed by ChinaAid, February, 2014 ...

MIDLAND, TEXAS – China Aid Association released its 2013 Persecution report, which states that government persecution against Christians in China had risen 38.82 percent since 2012 based on six categories.

Of the six categories, which include the total number of persecution cases, the number of people persecuted, the number of people detained, the number of people sentenced, the number of abuse cases and the number of people abused, all but one increased between 2 and 50.9 percent. The only category which saw a decrease in percentage was the number of abuse case, which fell 42.9 percent since 2012.

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