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China house church leaders sentenced

Thu, 2009-11-26 04:42 — Robyn

A court in northern China has sentenced five leaders of an unauthorized Protestant church to prison terms of up to seven years on charges including illegal assembly, rights groups reported Thursday.

The sentences are among the harshest in recent years for members of so-called "house churches" _ congregations that refuse to register and accept the authority of the government's Religious Affairs Bureau.

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