Zhou Songlin

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant

Date of Detainment: November/30/2023

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Zhou Songlin

Extra Bio Info:

Zhou Songlin is detained for his religious activity. 

In November 2023, Chinese authorities arrested Zhou Songlin, a pastor of the unregistered Hefei’s Ganquan Church. 

In February 2026, the Shushan District Court sentenced him to 4 years, 6 months' imprisonment, fined him 30,000 yuan, and ordered the confiscation of 366,000 yuan in private property for alleged "fraud," a charge weaponized by the government to target unregistered house churches.