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 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.
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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 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.
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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 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 Guillén, Rolando Álvarez