SRES463-119

That the Senate— strongly condemns the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of religious minority groups, including Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri and other leaders and members of Zion Church and other faith communities; reaffirms the commitment of the United States to promote religious freedom and tolerance around the world and to help provide protection and relief to religious minorities facing persecution and violence; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all detained members of Zion Church, including Pastor Jin, and all other wrongfully detained religious practioners in China; calls for the Government of the People’s Republic of China to cease its harassment and intimidation of the relatives of Zion Church members and their relatives, including tactics of transnational repression overseas; calls on the Government of the People’s Republic of China to release all other arbitrarily detained religious believers, including Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, and other Christians; and demands that the Government of the People’s Republic of China— respect the internationally recognized human right to freedom of religion or belief; and end all forms of violence and discrimination against religious minority groups and entities.