Source briefingSeptember 9, 2026Evidence
China Wants Citizens to Report ‘Illegal’ Religious Practice
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Click to expand Image The eight members of Zion Church who remain detained. Top from left to right: Gao Yingjia, Wang Cong, Wang Lin, Lin ShuchengBottom from left to right: Wu Qiuyu, Liu Zhenbin, Yin Huibin, Wang Zhong © Private Chinese lawyer Ruth Wang fled to Taiwan on September 2 after authorities threatened to shut down her law firm.
Her offense? Representing members of China’s Zion Church, a prominent underground Protestant congregation.While founding pastor Ezra Jin was freed from custody in July following high-level US…
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Primary source: Human Rights Watch News · September 9, 2026
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