Tag: Zion Church
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Detained Zion Church Pastor Liu Zhenbin Says Prosecutor Invoked His Young Children to Press for Confession
A pastor of Beijing Zion Church detained in southern China says a prosecutor invoked his young children in an effort to press him into a confession, according to a letter from detention made public by the U.S.-based religious-freedom…
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CECC “Faces of Repression” Hearing Puts Pastor Jin Mingri, Falun Gong and Uyghur Witnesses on the Record Before Xi’s Visit
VERIFIED FACT: One day before Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) held its hearing “The Faces of Repression: Prisoners, Families, and Communities Targeted by the CCP” in the Hart Senate Office Building…
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Rapid Response: White House Summit Readout Omits Political Prisoners After Week of Advocacy Push
VERIFIED FACT: The White House released its official readout of President Donald Trump’s bilateral meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on September 24, 2026, and it contains no mention of political prisoners, detained Americans,…
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Rapid Response: Senate Whip Durbin Urges Trump to Press Xi for Release of Five Political Prisoners
September 24, 2026 — U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) took to the Senate floor on September 22, 2026, urging President Donald Trump to use this week’s Washington summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to press Beijing…
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Rapid Response: Bipartisan Senators Urge Trump to Press Xi on Jailed Pastors and Religious Persecution
September 23, 2026 — Ten U.S. senators, led by Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), sent a bipartisan letter to President Donald Trump on September 22, 2026, urging him to press Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Beijing’s…
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Rapid Response: Urge Trump to Raise Imprisoned Dissidents — Jimmy Lai, Zion Church Pastors, Uyghur Scholars — at Xi Summit
September 23, 2026 — Fortify Rights has urged President Donald Trump to prioritize the release of political and religious prisoners detained in China when he hosts Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a summit in Washington, DC this week,…
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Fortify Rights: Eight Zion Church Pastors and Leaders Remain Detained Awaiting Trial; Nine More Out on Bail Still Face Charges
September 23, 2026 — Fortify Rights has called on the Chinese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release eight pastors and leaders of the unregistered Zion Church who remain in detention awaiting trial, nearly a year after their arrest…