Lawmaker, US Government Panel Call Attention to Chinese Citizens Sentenced for Their Faith
A Republican lawmaker and U.S. government panel call attention to two Chinese citizens sentenced to prison as part of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of the spiritual practice Falun Gong.
Zhou Deyong and Liu Aihua, both relatives of U.S. residents and victims of the regime’s suppression of freedom of belief, are now part of U.S. databases documenting prisoners of conscience in China.
“If we stay silent in the face of these transgressions, we do so at the peril of civil society. We must continue to apply pressure to force the CCP’s hand in granting its people fundamental human rights, including the right to worship,” Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), advocate for Zhou under the Defending Freedoms Project, told The Epoch Times….