Lawyer Fears Another Arrest Due to Work Defending Chinese Churches
Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer and Christian Zhang Kai fears that he may face a second imprisonment -- a plight he fears he "may not be able to endure" -- due to his legal defense of churches that faced cross demolition.
According to persecution watchdog China Aid, a prosecutor from Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, summoned Zhang from his home in Inner Mongolia to the city for interrogation earlier this month. In a series of Facebook posts, Zhang expressed fear he will not be able to endure another prison sentence.
"I admit that my body is weak. If I am arrested again, I may not be able to endure the detention," he wrote, according to a translation provided by China Aid. "All interviews and videos taped after my detention cannot represent my real opinions. I will try to hold on."...