Update on the Yayang Church Case in Taishun County, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province

（(Rights Defense Network Information Center report)）On July 26, 2026， this outlet learned：At least 20 Christians are currently being detained in Taishun County, Wenzhou。The main reasons for the case are that in 2014 they opposed the forced demolition of crosses and petitioned authorities， and refused the forced installation of national flags in the middle of the night, among other things。

The charges currently brought against them include the crime of gathering a crowd to disrupt social order， the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble， the crime of obstructing official duties， the crime of forced transactions， and the crimes of concealing and intentionally destroying accounting books, among others。Nearly all of the church workers have been accused of belonging to a criminal group， and even Christians who cooked and stood watch at the church have been transferred for review and prosecution。

Previously， the church, dissatisfied with the forced demolition carried out by the Natural Resources Administration, hired a lawyer to participate in an administrative hearing， but on the eve of the hearing， the lawyer was beaten at a hotel。

In May 2026， their legally approved church was also razed to the ground。 The practice of defining a church as a criminal group and fabricating multiple charges， has rarely been seen before。