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People enter the courtyard of a Christian church on April 17, 2011 in Beijing. Police have rounded up dozens of followers of an underground Protestant church, a rights group said, as a widening crackdown on dissent appeared to spread to religious figures. A senior pastor of Beijing's Shouwang church, an unregistered Protestant congregation, and other church leaders were detained late 16 April before being released early on 17 April, the US-based China Aid group said. Although freedom of religion is enshrined in China's constitution, all religious groups are required to register with the ruling Communist government and worship in officially sanctioned churches where about 15 million Protestants and five million Catholics worship, according to recent official data, but more than 50 million others are believed to pray at "underground" or "house" churches, which refuse to submit to government regulation. The Beijing Christian Chongwenmen Church, first established in the 1870's by American Methodists and known as Asbury Church, is one of the largest Protestant churches in Beijing. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN
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Beijing, CHINA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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Frederic J. BROWN |
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17 Aprilie 2011 |
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3600 x 2360 (1.4 MB) |
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