They hate you because of me - Freedom House has a report stating that two underground Catholic priests and a Protestant Pastor were released from custody.
The priests are Father Lu Genjun and Father Cheng Xiaoli. The Pastor is Zhao Wenquan.
International pressure and media backlash are being credited for these Christians release.
Still detained is the founder of the Three Class Servants Church, Xu Shuangfu.
From Freedom House:
Still jailed is Pastor Xu Shuangfu, age 59, kidnapped at gunpoint while visiting church members in Heilongjian province. Xu, who has spent more than 20 years in prison, is thought to be the spiritual leader of some hundreds of thousands Christians. His goddaughter reported that police had asked for payment of a ransom equivalent to $28,000 and threatened that otherwise “the old man” could lose one of his fingers or even his life.
Here is a photograph of Gu Xianggao, a member of Xu's Church. He was beaten to death by police on April 27th which I posted about last week: 28 Year-Old Christian Beaten to Death by Chinese Government.
