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Detained Christian dissident Hua Huiqi makes his escape after guards fall asleep

Human Rights in China says underground pastor and religious dissident Hua Huiqi has escaped from the police after being detained together with his older brother while they were on their way to the Kuanjie Protestant Church in Beijing for a service that... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Wed, Aug 13 2008

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