Category: English
English-language publications of the Free China Movement.
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PRESS RELEASE: As Xi Meets President Trump, Free China Movement Calls on Beijing to Respect Civil and Political Rights
Free China Movement urges Beijing to respect internationally recognized civil and political rights following the reported formal arrest of Chen Yunfei on the eve of Xi Jinping’s White House meeting with President Donald Trump.
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Pastor Lian Xuliang Released After Four-Year Case Against Xi’an Church of Abundance; Father and Co-Defendant’s Status Unknown
Pastor Lian Xuliang (廉旭亮) of the Xi’an Church of Abundance returned home on September 5, more than four years after Chinese authorities began a fraud prosecution against him, his father and a fellow preacher over the unregistered house…
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Chen Yunfei Formally Arrested in Chengdu as Xi Meets President Trump in Washington
Rights defender and Early Rain Covenant Church member Chen Yunfei was reportedly formally arrested in Chengdu on September 23, one day before Xi Jinping’s White House meeting with President Donald Trump.
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European Parliament Urges Sanctions on Hong Kong Officials Over Crackdown on Fundamental Freedoms
The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution urging the European Council to urgently impose sanctions on Hong Kong officials responsible for the ongoing repression of civil liberties in the city, invoking the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions…
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Stanley Prison Guards “Rehearsed Procedures” in Case Jimmy Lai Dies in Custody, CFHK Report Finds
HONG KONG, September 24, 2026 — Guards at Hong Kong’s Stanley Prison have rehearsed the procedures to follow if 78-year-old political prisoner Jimmy Lai dies in custody, according to a source with direct knowledge of prison operations cited…
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China 1997: Democracy, Human Rights and Political Imprisonment — Annual Report
Annual report — China, calendar year 1997. Based primarily on contemporaneous 1997 reporting and records; retrospective confirmations are labeled as such. A note on sources and method appears at the end. Executive overview 1997 was a hinge year…
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Rapid Response: UK PM Burnham Urged Trump to Press Xi for Jimmy Lai’s Release at Summit
September 24, 2026 — British Prime Minister Andy Burnham asked President Donald Trump to press Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the release of jailed Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai during the two leaders’ White House summit today, according…
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Early Rain Church: Two Members Released After 10-Day Detention; Elder Yan Hong Forcibly Taken From Home Again
Two members of Chengdu’s Early Rain Covenant Church were released after serving 10 days of administrative detention for attending a September 11 reading gathering, while police forcibly took Elder Yan Hong from his home on September 20 for…
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Jinzhai House Church Raid: Police Detain Two Female Preachers, Ban Hymns Naming Jesus
Chinese authorities carried out a two-day operation against an underground house church in Jinzhai County, western Anhui Province, on September 16–17, 2026 — confiscating believers’ phones, forcibly taking two female preachers for questioning, and ordering young Christians to…
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CBS Reports Min Zin Held in MSS “Black Site” Without Charge; Wife Urges Trump to Press Xi
September 24, 2026 — Min Zin, the Myanmar-born U.S. scholar detained in China since June 3, is being held by China’s Ministry of State Security in a “Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location” (RSDL) — an undisclosed detention…