Additional Name(s): 曲红波; Mingdao; 明道
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Date of Detainment: June//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Qu Hongbo is detained for his religious belief and leadership role.
In June 2025, authorities detained Qu Hongbo, pastor of Shenyang’s Sai’erte Youth Fellowship, a church affiliated with the unregistered Full Scope Church movement, along with four other church members. 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. Authorities confined him at Kangping PSB Detention Center.
Additional Name(s): 高全福
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Date of Detainment: May//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Gao Quanfu is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In May 2025, authorities arrested Gao, pastor of Light of Zion Church, at his home in Xi'an and accused him of "using superstition to undermine law enforcement." For years leading up to his arrest, government authorities had repeatedly harassed Gao for not registering his house church under official Chinese Communist Party oversight. Authorities confined him in the Beilin District Detention Center and denied him due process in legal proceedings.
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment