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The Independent UK
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DARK SECRETS: Pastor freed from prison in china weeks after trump requested his release | Rare Historical Photos

China Pastor Freed - (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A pastor of a prominent underground church who was detained in China in October has been released, less than two months after U.S. President Donald Trump brought up his case when meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, according to rights advocates.

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, of the underground Zion Church, arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday, and “is finally reunited with his family,” Frances Hui of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation wrote on X.

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