4-5-2005 -
Chinese House Church Leaders to Testify at UN; Torture Equipment and Labor Camp
Products Displayed; Release of a Video Appeal from the Family of a Murdered Woman
Believer
For the second time in the history of the United Nations, the oppressed Chinese
House Church leaders will testify at a parallel meeting in the UN headquarter
in Geneva during the 61st annual meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights
in Geneva . The theme of the meeting is about religious repression, torture,
sexual abuse and arbitrary detention in China. Ms Liu Xianzhi, a 34 year-old
leader of a house church, who escaped from China after serving six years in a
labour camp, recounts her own personal experience of torture, sexual abuse and
arbitrary imprisonment in China.
“The condition of religious persecution in China overall has steadily
deteriorated - particularly since the year 2002,” said Rev. Bob Fu, president
of China Aid Association and a former house church pastor in Beijing. “Within
the first 9 months of 2004 we recorded over 400 arrests ...
China Aid also releases a recently obtained government secret document; entitled “Education
Campaign Action Plan Against Cults” dated January 28, 2005, issued by
the Communist Party Committee, Shayang County [Issue No.1 (2005)].
Mr. Stuart Windsor, National Director, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, UK,
also speaks about the Chinese government’s clear violations of international
law by making numerous arbitrary detentions/arrests of underground Catholic
and Protestant believers.
Husband and son of the murdered Christian Ms Jiang Zongxiu standing before
her prepared tomb first page of the original secret document
A video interview with the family members of Ms. Jiang Zongxiu who was arrested
June 18, 2004, and beaten to death during her interrogation, is aired during
the meeting. The video footage also contains photos of Ms. Jiang’s remains
showing bruises on her legs and neck. Read Transcript
Huzband and son of the murdered Christian Ms.
Jiang Zongxiu appeal for justice before her tomb
