Pastor released from prison in China weeks after Trump requested his release0

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• July 5, 2026

WASHINGTON– A pastor of a major underground church who was detained in China in October has been freed, less than two months after US President Donald Trump raised his case during a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, according to human rights advocates. Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, of the underground Zion Church, arrived