China holds Christians over public worship
Beijing police have detained at least a dozen worshippers from a Christian house church who were trying to hold services in a public space after they were evicted from their usual place of worship.
Leaders of the unregistered Shouwang house church had told parishioners to gather at an open-air venue in Beijing for Sunday services, but police taped off the area and took away people who showed up to take part.
About a dozen people were escorted by police onto an empty city bus and driven away.
Christians in China are required to worship in state-run churches.
