China arrests 11 elderly Christians in new crackdown on church in Chengdu
A journalist graduated from the Federal University of Mato Grosso, with an extension in economic journalism from Fundação Getulio Vargas. She worked at the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo. She is an Oeste reporter in São Paulo.
TL;DR
- 11 Christians, mostly over 60, arrested in Chengdu, Sichuan.
- The group was attending a reading session in a teahouse.
- He Futao, 73, who has cancer and requires medical care, was among the detainees.
- Nine individuals were released, but two remain in custody.
- The two detained face charges of "organizing illegal proselytizing activities" and administrative detention.
- This incident is part of ongoing pressure against the Early Rain Covenant Church.
- Previous crackdowns include arrests in 2018 and earlier this year.