A Christian woman and wife of a pastor has been killed in China while she and her husband protested the demolition of their church.
Christian Today reports that Ding Cuimei suffocated to death after a
bulldozer pushed her and her husband into a ditch where they were
covered in soil. Ding’s husband, Li, was able to escape, but Ding was
killed.
Bob Fu, the president of human rights organization China Aid, called
Ding’s death a “serious violation of the right to life, religious
freedom and rule of law.”
"Bulldozing and burying alive Ding Cuimei, a peaceful and devout
Christian woman, was a cruel, murderous act," he continued. “The Chinese
authorities should immediately hold those murderers accountable and
take concrete measures to protect the religious freedom of this house
church's members."
Police are reportedly investigating the incident and have taken two members of the demolition team into custody.
Many fear that the Communist party in China, under President Xi
Jinping, is becoming more and more hostile toward Christianity. The
government’s campaign to take down crosses from churches and to
apprehend pastors and Christian leaders has grown in recent months.
Up to 1,700 churches have been demolished or had their crosses taken down in a single province.
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