China: Justice in the courts

Fund legal aid for an arrested house church leader who can’t afford a lawyer! Your gift will help to provide a legal defence team to protect the house church leader’s right to practise their faith freely.

In recent years the situation for Christians in China has improved, but problems still remain. For example, government officials sometimes see church groups as a threat because of the large groups of people gathered without authorisation. In addition, house church leaders have been arrested for their Christian work, and bogus charges brought against them. Most of them can’t afford a lawyer, so once they get to court their chance of a fair trial is very small. This gift funds their legal aid, helping to ensure that justice is done!

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What this gift can do

In 2009, Alimujiang Yimiti was sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment for “providing state secrets to overseas organisations” – a charge ruled ‘arbitrary’ by the United Nations, who said he was detained “solely for his Christian faith”. With funding from CSW, Alim’s lawyer Dr Li was able to visit the EU and has raised his case at the highest levels.

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