Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Religion or Belief: Christian – Church of Almighty God

Appeal: Rejected

Sentence: 8 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: May/12/2022

Date of Sentencing: December/29/2022

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Possession of Religious Materials Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Cult

Yang Weihong

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Yang Weihong is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On May 12, 2022, police arrested Yang Weihong in Zhoukou City, Henan Province for possessing Church of Almighty God electronic religious materials.

On December 29, 2022, the Huaiyang District People's Court sentenced Yang Weihong to eight years in prison and fined her 20,000 yuan for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL). 

On February 24, 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Zhoukou City upheld the original verdict upon appeal.

Related Cases: Zhai Xinping, Zhao Guiqin, Du Meiling

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Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Religion or Belief: Christian – Church of Almighty God

Appeal: Rejected

Sentence: 9 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: May/12/2022

Date of Sentencing: December/29/2022

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Possession of Religious Materials Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Cult

Zhai Xinping

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Zhai Xinping is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On May 12, 2022, police arrested Zhai Xinping in Zhoukou City, Henan Province for possessing Church of Almighty God electronic religious materials.

On December 29, 2022, the Huaiyang District People's Court sentenced Zhai Xinping to nine years in prison and fined her 20,000 yuan for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL). 

On February 24, 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Zhoukou City upheld the original verdict upon appeal.

Related Cases: Yang Weihong, Zhao Guiqin, Du Meiling

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Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Nicaragua

Religion or Belief: Christian – Catholic

Date of Detainment: August/5/2023

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Expression

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Alex Javier Gómez Bustos

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Alex Javier Gómez Bustos is detained for his religious activity and expression.

On August 5, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested Bustos and Evelyn Guillén after they allegedly displayed a poster asking for freedom for the wrongfully imprisoned Bishop Rolando Álvarez during patron saint festivities. 

Related cases: Evelyn GuillénRolando Álvarez