Beijing, July 5, 2026 (AFP) - China frees jailed pastor Ezra Jin

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2026-07-05

China has released pastor Ezra Jin, the founder of an underground church who has been detained since October, his church confirmed to AFP on Sunday. Jin is the founder of Zion Church, one of China's unregistered churches that some Christians choose to worship at instead of state-sanctioned ones regulated by the government. Jin, also known by his Chinese name Mingri, was detained on October 10 on "suspicion of the illegal use of information netwo......

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