The State Department said that 68-year-old David Lin is coming home after being arrested in China on vague contract charges that he and his family deny. He had been jailed there for 18 years.

A Chinese court sentenced U.S. pastor David Lin to life in prison in 2009, but he's been released ahead of China's Thanksgiving-like Mid-Autumn Festival.

An American pastor who had been imprisoned in China for nearly 20 years was released unexpectedly on Sunday and has returned to the United States, according to the State Department.

China has released an American pastor after nearly two decades in prison, presenting an olive branch to the US that had repeatedly called for his release.

China Frees American Pastor Who US Claims Was Wrongly Jailed, State Dept Says (Reuters) - China has freed David Lin, a U.S. pastor who had been in jail since 2006, the State Department said on ...

A pastor who the United States says was wrongfully detained in a Chinese prison for nearly two decades has been released, according to the State Department, ending a case that the Biden ...

China has freed David Lin, a U.S. pastor who had been in jail since 2006, said the State Department, which had classified him as wrongfully detained.

A pastor who the United States says was wrongfully detained in a Chinese prison for nearly two decades has been released, according to the State Department, ending a case that the Biden ...

China frees American pastor David Lin after 18 years Lin’s release came shortly after US national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi ...

China has released an American pastor jailed in the country since 2006, the US State Department confirmed on Sunday. David Lin, 68, from Orange County in California has “returned to the United ...