The United States is demanding the release of Christian leaders arrested by China on Friday.
Pastor Jin Mingri of the Zion Church was detained at his home Friday evening along with leaders in at least five other Chinese provinces, according to the Associated Press.
Charges of “illegal dissemination of religious content via the internet” could follow, said Sean Long, a Chinese Zion Church pastor studying in the United States.
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“This is a very disturbing and distressing moment,” Long said. “This is a brutal violation of freedom of religion, which is written into the Chinese constitution. We want our pastors to be released immediately.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration “condemns the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s recent detention of dozens of leaders of
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