Additional Name(s): 赵怀国

Gender: Male

Current Location: Zhangjiajie PSB Detention Center, Zhangjiajie, Hunan

Perpetrator: China

Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: March/14/2020

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Unregistered Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Subversion

Zhao Huaiguo

Extra Bio Info:

Zhao Huaiguo is detained for his religious activity.

On March 14, 2020, state security officials detained Zhao, pastor of the unregistered house church Bethel Church, from his home in Cili county, Zhangjiajie municipality, Hunan province. Zhao was reportedly targeted for posting commentary online about the coronavirus and politics and for repeatedly refusing to register his church with the officially sanctioned Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement. Zhao was charged with “inciting subversion of state power.”

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