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China Cracks Down on Would-be Easter Congregants

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Source: VOA News

Chinese police detained up to 40 Christians who tried to converge at the site of a banned Easter service Sunday and placed 500 more under house arrest.

Police deployed in large numbers early Sunday in northwest Beijing, where the independent Shouwang Church planned to hold an outdoor service to mark the holiest day of the Christian calendar.

Church members say up to 40 congregants were rounded up to prevent them from reaching a park close to their former church building, which has been shut down by the authorities.

A VOA correspondent on the scene saw worshippers driven away in buses in the mass police operation. Police prevented foreign journalists from getting close.

Read more: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/China-Cracks-Down-on-Would-be-Easter-Congregants-120566439.html

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China Cracks Down on Would-be Easter Congregants [View All]