Expressing condemnation of the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of religious minority groups, including Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists and the detention of Pastor "Ezra" Jin Mingri and leaders of the Zion Church, and reaffirming the United States' global commitment to promote religious freedom and tolerance.
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Latest Action · November 7, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
This House resolution condemns the Chinese government's persecution of religious minorities, particularly the October 2025 detention of Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri and over 20 members of Beijing's Zion Church, which represents the largest coordinated crackdown against a Christian house church in over 40 years. The resolution documents broader patterns of CCP persecution affecting Christians, Uyghur Muslims, Hui Muslims, and Tibetan Buddhists, citing past abuses including Bible burnings, forced sterilizations, and monastery closures. The resolution reaffirms U.S. commitment to global religious freedom under existing laws like the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 and the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act, and calls on China's government to release detained religious leaders and end discrimination against religious minorities. This is a non-binding expression of congressional sentiment with no funding or specific enforcement mechanisms, intended to pressure China through diplomatic messaging and invoke existing human rights authorities available to the administration.
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