China's crackdown on unregistered churches extends to legal professionals, with lawyers facing license revocation and suspension for assisting persecuted Christians.
Throwing Christians and Christian leaders in the underground Zion Church into prison was apparently only the beginning for the Chinese government. They’re now also after lawyers who attempt to help them. Attorney Zhang Kai had his license for practicing law revoked by the Chinese government, and several other attorneys had their licenses suspended or were warned verbally about their involvement.
Chinese Government Wants to Control What Churches Teach and Their Activities
China claims to offer religious freedom in their constitution, but that’s really only in connection to churches that are registered with the government. Then the government controls what is said and what people in those churches do in connection to religion.
“We feel deeply that this is an open defiance and trampling of justice and the rule of law,” representatives of Zion Church said in a recent letter obtained by China Aid.
Grace Jin, the pastor’s daughter, laments that trying to learn what’s happening with her father may be more complicated now because of how the Chinese government is treating the attorneys.
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