EFE – Shanghai (China)
14/12/2018
The wife of controversial Protestant church pastor Wang Yi, detenido hace unos días en China acusado de "incitar a la subversión", se encuentra bajo "vigilancia residencial" in unknown location, according to members of this clandestine church.
As published today by the independent newspaper South China Morning Post, the pastor's wife, Jiang Rong, is being held under this secret detention formula for allegedly inciting the subversion of state power.
Un abogado que prefirió mantenerse en el anonimato explicó que se podría mantener a Jiang en el lugar no especificado hasta por seis meses y que la medida "muestra cuán furioso está el liderazgo del partido principal con la iglesia" y "parece estar dirigida a la intimidación y a la disuasión de los esfuerzos de defensa en el caso".
"Se pueden hacer acusaciones contra el pastor Wang Yi, after all, He is the one at the lectern and he is preaching.. But his wife holds no position in the church., ni ella ha hecho ningún comentario público", said the lawyer.
Just yesterday the human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) demanded the immediate release of several members of the Early Rain Covenant church detained in the city of Chengdu, In southwest China, and accused Xi Jinping's government of attacking religious freedom.
He 9 and 10 In December, Chengdu police detained Wang and more than 100 worshipers on church premises or in their homes.
Este culto está considerado "clandestino" since it is an organization that is not registered with the Government, HRW explained.
Las autoridades también "saquearon y sellaron las propiedades de la iglesia" and searched the homes of many of the congregants, the NGO denounced, who also assured that many had to sign a commitment not to participate in the activities again..
Some church members arrested, who were later released, They said the police had beaten them, while many of the families of those still detained have not been given information about the whereabouts or well-being of their loved ones..
Regarding the arrest of the pastor, le acusan de "incitar a la subversión del poder estatal" por "ocasionar peleas y provocar problemas", a crime frequently used by Chinese Justice against dissidents, human rights activists and lawyers.
Wang is a prominent member of China's Christian community and is known for his passionate sermons and outspoken criticism of the Chinese Communist Party..
Shortly before his arrest, had published an essay critical of the government's strict control of religion in which he called on Christians in China to carry out civil disobedience by doing things like preaching outside church premises or taking children to church., both activities prohibited.
Although officially in China there is freedom of religion, Numerous international human rights organizations denounce abuses and repression against religious minorities.
