Additional Name(s): 徐克宏
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Date of Detainment: February//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Xu Kehong
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Xu Kehong is detained for his religious activity.
In February 2025, authorities arrested Xu, a member of Xinyi Village (Covenant) Church, along with several other church members. Authorities charged him with "intentional destruction of property" after some church members dismantled surveillance equipment installed in the church by governing authorities. Xu's church also refused to comply with government orders to remove the cross and exclude children from their worship services. Authorities confined him at Huainan PSB Detention Center in Tianjia’an district.
Additional Name(s): 郭希锦
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment: December//2024
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: House Arrest
Guo Xijin
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Guo Xijin is under house arrest for his religious activity and leadership role.
Around December 2024, authorities confined Guo, an ordained priest in the unregistered Mindong Diocese in Fujian province, to his residence and sealed his chapel. The year leading up to his detention, authorities had increasingly pressured Guo and other clergy to register with the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. Guo was previously detained in 1990, 1993, and 1996 for refusing to register his parish.
Additional Name(s): 庄千团
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment: November//2024
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Zhuang Qiantuan
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Ma Xianshi is detained for his religious activity.
In November 2024, authorities arrested Ma, a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Wenzhou. Authorities accused him of “illegal business activity” after he and another Catholic sold copies of an officially approved hymn book. Authorities held him incommunicado.