Three Chinese Christians who were arrested earlier this year have sued the communist government.
The administrative lawsuit will be heard this week. It claims the three Taochuan Village Christian church leaders -- Liu Caili, Huang Sumin, and Xu Fenying -- were wrongly arrested June 14. According to the China Aid Association (CAA), authorities arrested the three and forcibly escorted them to the police station without presenting identification or showing an official summons. They were each sentenced to several days of detention. Katherine Cason with CAA says the lawsuit accuses the Chinese government of ignoring its own constitution. "Their property was confiscated," she explains. "And they're saying that the penalty they were arrested on had no basis, and authorities violated legal procedure...." According to the CAA spokeswoman, the government has been trying to shut down Taochuan Christian Church. "And the reason they arrested these Christians was in an effort to get the entire church to shut down," she contends. Cason says authorities have targeted the church because its members have been advocating for justice for peasants in the village. CAA is urging concerned Christians to contact Chinese government authorities about allowing the three to worship freely.
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