Chinese law expert, U.S. group say church killings defendants tortured into confessing AP Worldstream | February 28, 2006| | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

DEAN VISSER, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
02-28-2006
Dateline: BEIJING
Leaders of an underground Chinese church who are accused of killing of 20 members of a rival group were tortured into confessing in a crackdown on unofficial religious organizations, a U.S.-based activist and a Chinese legal scholar said Tuesday.

The trial of 17 members of the Three Ranks of Servants church began Monday in the northeastern Chinese city of Shuangyashan.

Ten are charged with murder _ punishable by death in China _ while the rest face charges including illegal detention, said Bob Fu, president of ...

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