Angela Lu Fulton

2025年10月10日晚上9点左右，任重和妻子王聪位于北京的家中突然停电，夫妻俩和他们3岁的女儿瞬间陷入一片黑暗。任重和王聪都在锡安教会服事，他们立刻明白，政府找上门来了。 他们的女儿颂恩吓坏了。任重从门上的猫眼往外看，发现有人用手把猫眼挡住了。门外的男子自称是维修人员，但任重和王聪保持沉默，拒绝开门。突然，他们听见门外的人开始撬门，试图强行闯入。任重赶紧要妻子和女儿退到后面，自己则冲向大门。 随后，七名便衣警察破门而入，揪住任重的衣领，将他按在客厅的一张椅子上。他们把已按立为锡安教会牧师的王聪带到另一个房间，另一名警察则没收了他们的手机、电脑和身份证件。颂恩因被迫与母亲分开而放声大哭，警方才允许任重将女儿抱在腿上安抚。 随后，警方将王聪带走，指控她涉嫌 “非法利用信息网络罪” 。看守任重的男子离开后，他抱起女儿冲进雨中，追赶载走妻子的警车。颂恩一路哭着，不断呼唤妈妈。“不要害怕，” 任重回忆起当时对女儿说的话，“爸爸一定会带你去找妈妈。” “我知道自己不可能追得上，但我不能停下来，因为我想给孩子一丝希望。我就一直追、一直追。” 他说。...

A US federal judge ruled that Saeed Abedini, a pastor who was formerly imprisoned in Iran, must return his 5-year-old daughter to her mother, an Iranian refugee living in Turkey, ending their international custody battle. The child’s mother, Niloofar Aragh, filed a complaint in federal court last month alleging that Abedini had abducted her while she was on holiday with her grandparents in December 2024, and had taken her to the US without permission.

Around 9 p.m. on October 10, 2025, the power went out in the Beijing home of Ren Zhong and his wife, Wang Cong, leaving the couple and their 3-year-old daughter in darkness. Ren and Wang, who both minister at Zion Church, knew then that the authorities had come for them. Their daughter, Song En, was terrified. Ren looked through the peephole of his door to find someone blocking it with a hand.