Additional Name(s): 麻显士
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment: November//2024
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Ma Xianshi
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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.
Additional Name(s): 唐秉义
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Date of Detainment: May//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Tang Bingyi
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Tang Bingyi is detained for his religious belief and leadership role.
In May 2025, police authorities detained Tang Bingyi, pastor of the unregistered Light of Zion Church in Xi’an, in Beilin District, Shaanxi Province, along with nine others associated with the church. Authorities originally charged him with “using superstition to undermine implementation of the law" and later charged him with "fraud" for accepting church tithes.
Additional Name(s): 顾辉
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Date of Detainment: June//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Gu Hui
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Gu Hui is detained for his religious belief and association.
In June 2025, authorities detained Gu Hui and four others for their involvement in the banned Full Scope Church movement. Authorities charged him with suspicion of “organizing or using a cult organization to undermine implementation of the law" and mistreated him to force a confession. In July 2025, he was released on bail.
In September 2025, authorities rearrested Gu on "cult" charges and confined him at Kangping PSB Detention Center.