Update: "Insufficient evidence" found against pastor


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Pastor Lou Yuanqi, who was arrested in May on charges of "inciting separatism" (click here for more details), remains imprisoned despite a judge's verdict of "insufficient evidence," according to a March 6 report from ChinaAid. After Pastor Yuanqi's trial on December 15, his 18-year-old daughter was beaten by court police when she tried to speak to him. Pastor Yuanqi suffers from hepatitis B and the harsh prison conditions have reportedly worsened his health.

For more information on the persecution of Christians in China, click here.

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China Profile

Location
Asia

Population
1,336,718,015 (July 2011 est.)

Ethnicity (%)
Han Chinese (91.5), Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uighur, Tujia, Yi, Mongol, Tibetan, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Korean, and other nationalities (8.5)

Religion (%)
Non-religious (47.6), Ethnic Religions (21.8), Buddhism (21.4), Christianity (7.3), Islam (2.0)

Leader
President Hu Jintao

Government type
Communist state

Legal system
Based on civil law system; derived from Soviet and continental civil code legal principles

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