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| Christians cling to a church cross as authorities try to demolish it. (Photo: ChinaAid) |
ChinaAid
(Shangrao, Jiangxi—Aug. 4, 2017) Officials in China’s coastal Jiangxi province forcibly removed a cross from a church that is still under construction yesterday morning, continuing an escalating trend of persecution in the area.
At 8:00 a.m. on Aug. 3, government personnel arrived at a church’s construction site in Shangrao, Jiangxi and dismantled its cross. According to local reports, more than 10 church crosses in Jiangxi have already been removed.
This violation of religious freedom echoes a previous cross demolition campaign that swept Zhejiang province, affecting most of the churches in that area. Many Christians who tried to protest the movement were taken into police custody.
ChinaAid reports abuses, such as those suffered by Christians in Jiangxi and Zhejiang, in order to stand in solidarity with persecuted Christians and promote religious freedom, human rights, and rule of law.
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