by VOM NZ | Feb 12, 2018 | New
Jonh Jonh (66) is a Hmong Christian. He was arrested in May 2012, and sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment in May 2013. He was convicted under Article 87 of the 1999 Penal Code for ‘undermining the unity policy’. Jonh was last reported detained in...
by VOM NZ | Feb 12, 2018 | New, Oqbamichel Haiminot, Updates
Pastor Oqbamichel Haiminot, senior pastor of the Kale Hiwot (Word of Life) Church became the first senior Eritrean church leader to be imprisoned for his Christian activities in 2003. At that time, he spent a few weeks in prison. In January 2005 while participating in...
by VOM NZ | Feb 9, 2018 | Gao Zhisheng, Updates
Update 2018 In November 2017, RFA reported that a brief audio clip was published by The Gao Zhisheng Lawyers’ Group, of Gao talking about the conditions he is being held in. According to the report, Gao has a number of illnesses. For example, his teeth have all...
by VOM NZ | Feb 9, 2018 | Gao Zhisheng, New, Updates
Courtesy China Aid The Chinese government’s persecution of human rights defense lawyer and Christian Gao Zhisheng began in 2005, when the Beijing Judicial Bureau revoked his law license and ordered his practice to shut down. In December 2006, Gao was convicted of...
by VOM NZ | Feb 9, 2018 | New, Updates
Source: Freedom House, Amnesty International 78-year-old Hmong Christian, A Hyum (also known as Ba Kol) was arrested in April 2012, on charges of ‘undermining the unity policy’, under Article 87 of the 1999 Penal Code. He was sentenced in May 2013 to eight years...
