Beijing, June 16, 2026 (AFP) - China detains two leaders of prominent underground church: rights group

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2026-06-16

Chinese authorities are holding two leaders of a prominent Protestant church in detention after police raided a service over the weekend, a rights group told AFP Tuesday, the latest incident in a crackdown on unofficial Christian organisations. Early Rain Covenant Church, based in southwestern Sichuan province, is one of China's unregistered "house" or "underground" churches that some Christians choose to worship at instead of state-sanctioned on......

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