WorthyNewsBot Posted May 23, 2016 Group: Bots Followers: 3 Topic Count: 39,879 Topics Per Day: 6.47 Content Count: 44,305 Content Per Day: 7.18 Reputation: 985 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/06/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted May 23, 2016 By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) - The pastor of a state-run church in China's Zhejiang province was recently released after eight months in detention. Authorities arrested Zhang Chongzhu -- the pastor of a Three-Self Patriotic Movement Church in Pyongyang -- on Sept. 8 for resisting the Communist-backed cross demolition campaign. He was later charged him with "stealing, spying, buying or illegally providing state secrets or intelligence to entities outside China." Coincidently, Zhang Kai -- a human rights lawyer who defended churches against the government's anti-cross campaign in court -- was also charged with the same crimes. Both men had been scheduled to meet with the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom, causing some to find a correlation between the meeting and their arrests. No related posts. View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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