Germany condemns arrests of pastors from underground church in China

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2025-10-15

Beijing (dpa) - Germany has strongly condemned the arrest of several pastors from an underground church in China, calling for their immediate release. "I condemn the violation of religious freedom and call for the immediate release of all church members," Thomas Rachel, the German government's commissioner for freedom of religion or belief, wrote on Tuesday on the platform X. The German ambassador to China shared Rachel's post in Chinese. Rachel......

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