A church in eastern China has written a letter to the Chinese government, demanding permission to stage a protest against the detention of 23 members of its congregation.
The Nanle County Church in Puyang, Henan province, which comes under the 'official' state-sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM), claims the majority of those detained, including the church's leader, Fan Ruiling, "have not received a criminal charge, nor any written notice, nor have their families been told where they are detained".
Four other church leaders – Zhang Shaojie, Zhao Guoli, Wu Guishan and Zhang Cuixia – were arrested. The church says their whereabouts is "unknown and no one knows whether they are alive or dead". Keep reading
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