ChinaAid Picks 2011’s Top 10 Cases of Persecution of Churches and Christians in China

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.

ChinaAid Picks 2011’s Top 10 Cases of Persecution of Churches and Christians in China
Distributed by ChinaAid, January, 2012 ...

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"MIDLAND, TEXAS – 2011 can be regarded as China’s “year of political and religious persecution” or “year of Beijing terrorism.” Last year saw the revival of extreme leftist ideology and a severe deterioration of the rule of law, bringing with it not only the most severe deterioration in political and religious freedom for the Chinese people since the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution and the 1989 military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement, but also blatant human rights violations and a worrying economic crisis. Because of the Arab Spring Jasmine Revolution in 2011, a systematic crackdown on churches and prominent Christians that was launched in the second half of 2010 was extended and lasted for the whole of 2011.

Beijing: Church members outside police station
singing worship songs to encourage brothers
and sisters detained in the police station

ChinaAid’s selection of the top 10 persecution cases for 2011 is based on the severity, impact and significance of each incidence of persecution and is a highly representative list. These cases occurred in different parts of China and involved both urban and rural house churches, as well as “Three-Self” churches and Catholic churches. The victims included pastors, human rights lawyers, political dissidents and artists

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