WASHINGTON: A bipartisan team of 18 robust American lawmakers has condemned China's alleged persecution of spiritual minorities and movements to restrict unfastened expression and observe of religion.
"The persecution of religious minorities at the hands of some Chinese government officials is wrong and must stop," Senator Chuck Grassley stated Friday.
"People, no matter where they live, should be able to freely express their religious beliefs. As we work with China on issues of trade and intellectual property, we need to also make fighting for religious liberty a central part of the United States' relationship with China," he stated.
Senator David Perdue alleged that the Chinese Communist Party continues to interact in a violent crackdown on religion, using tactics paying homage to Mao's Cultural Revolution.
"From burning Bibles and demolishing Christian churches to the mass internment of hundreds of thousands of Uighur Muslims, the Chinese government is inflicting terror on its own people. The United States must condemn these egregious human rights abuses," he stated.
A resolution moved in this regard in the Senate condemns violence against religious minorities in China and movements that limit unfastened expression and observe of religion.
Reaffirming America's commitment to promote religious freedom and tolerance all over the world; the resolution calls on China to uphold its Constitution along with across the world recognised human right of freedom from religious persecution and to end violence and discrimination against religious minorities.
The resolution urges President Trump to take appropriate movements to promote religious freedom of spiritual minorities in China, the use of the powers equipped to the President below the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act, and the Global Magnitsky Act.
Senator Ted Cruz alleged that the Chinese Communist Party is persecuting tens of millions of its own people as it fears religion.
"It cannot abide an authority higher than the Party. Christians, Uighurs, Falun Gong practitioners, and many others live under threat of imprisonment, torture, and death. America must always stand for the free exercise of religion and I am proud to join Sen. Perdue and my colleagues in this effort," he stated.
Meanwhile, the USA Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Commissioner Gary Bauer, in a statement, echoed Trump administration's condemnation of fashionable religious freedom abuses in China as he announced his "adoption" of imprisoned Christian church chief Hu Shigen.
Hu, a spiritual freedom advocate who had suffered torture throughout a previous 16-year prison sentence for human rights advocacy, used to be detained once more in 2015 and sentenced in 2016 to a 7.5-year sentence for "subversion of government power".
The USCIRF stated it additionally stays concerned by the numerous unresolved issues, together with the reported pressured disappearances of Catholic clergy, that remain following the agreement in overdue September between Beijing and the Vatican.
"Religious persecution is unacceptable — and should be condemned — in of its all forms. China must address their dismal human rights record and its brutal treatment of religious minorities, including Uighur Muslims and Christians," stated Senator Van Hollen.
"The persecution of religious minorities at the hands of some Chinese government officials is wrong and must stop," Senator Chuck Grassley stated Friday.
"People, no matter where they live, should be able to freely express their religious beliefs. As we work with China on issues of trade and intellectual property, we need to also make fighting for religious liberty a central part of the United States' relationship with China," he stated.
Senator David Perdue alleged that the Chinese Communist Party continues to interact in a violent crackdown on religion, using tactics paying homage to Mao's Cultural Revolution.
"From burning Bibles and demolishing Christian churches to the mass internment of hundreds of thousands of Uighur Muslims, the Chinese government is inflicting terror on its own people. The United States must condemn these egregious human rights abuses," he stated.
A resolution moved in this regard in the Senate condemns violence against religious minorities in China and movements that limit unfastened expression and observe of religion.
Reaffirming America's commitment to promote religious freedom and tolerance all over the world; the resolution calls on China to uphold its Constitution along with across the world recognised human right of freedom from religious persecution and to end violence and discrimination against religious minorities.
The resolution urges President Trump to take appropriate movements to promote religious freedom of spiritual minorities in China, the use of the powers equipped to the President below the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act, and the Global Magnitsky Act.
Senator Ted Cruz alleged that the Chinese Communist Party is persecuting tens of millions of its own people as it fears religion.
"It cannot abide an authority higher than the Party. Christians, Uighurs, Falun Gong practitioners, and many others live under threat of imprisonment, torture, and death. America must always stand for the free exercise of religion and I am proud to join Sen. Perdue and my colleagues in this effort," he stated.
Meanwhile, the USA Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Commissioner Gary Bauer, in a statement, echoed Trump administration's condemnation of fashionable religious freedom abuses in China as he announced his "adoption" of imprisoned Christian church chief Hu Shigen.
Hu, a spiritual freedom advocate who had suffered torture throughout a previous 16-year prison sentence for human rights advocacy, used to be detained once more in 2015 and sentenced in 2016 to a 7.5-year sentence for "subversion of government power".
The USCIRF stated it additionally stays concerned by the numerous unresolved issues, together with the reported pressured disappearances of Catholic clergy, that remain following the agreement in overdue September between Beijing and the Vatican.
"Religious persecution is unacceptable — and should be condemned — in of its all forms. China must address their dismal human rights record and its brutal treatment of religious minorities, including Uighur Muslims and Christians," stated Senator Van Hollen.
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