Persecution of Iranian Christians worsened in 2016
Authorities raiding church services, threatening church members, and arresting and imprisoning worshipers and church leaders, particularly Evangelical Christian converts.
5 Christians Given Prison Sentences in China for Meeting
Courtesy of AsiaNews.it Beijing (AsiaNews/CHRD) – A court in Xinjiang convicted five Christians on 18 April for “gathering a crowd to disrupt social order”, sentencing them to three to five years in prison. The ruling by the Chongji City People’s Court follows a trial on 27 October 2016. All five, who are ethnic Han Chinese,…