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Rapid Response: Yueyang Panshi Church Detentions Require Due Process and Meaningful Access to Counsel

FACTS

Multiple religious-freedom sources reported that leaders connected to Yueyang Panshi Church in Hunan were placed under criminal detention after a July 26 police raid, with subsequent reports describing criminal allegations tied to information-network activity. Details concerning lawyer access have varied by date and source and should not be generalized beyond what has been verified.

THE PROBLEM

Religious-freedom cases become especially difficult to assess when authorities combine broad criminal allegations with restricted access to counsel, limited public documentation and pressure on unregistered religious communities.

FCM COMMENT / FOLLOW-UP

Free China Movement calls for transparent legal process, timely and meaningful access to independent counsel, family access consistent with law, and protection against punishment for peaceful religious practice. FCM will continue monitoring any formal arrest, indictment, health issue, trial date, sentence or additional detention connected to Panshi Church.

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FCM calls for transparent legal process and meaningful access to counsel in the reported Yueyang Panshi Church detention cases.

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September 2, 2026

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