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A resolution 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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That the Senate— (1) strongly condemns the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of religious minorities, minority groups, including Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri and other leaders and members of Zion Church and other faith communities; (2) 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; (3) calls on for the Government immediate and unconditional release of the People’s Republic of China to release the all detained members of Zion Church, including Pastor Jin, and all other wrongfully detained religious leaders; practioners in China; (4) calls for the Government of the People’s Republic of China to cease its harassment and (4) intimidation of the relatives of Zion Church members and their relatives, including tactics of transnational repression overseas; (5) 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 (6) demands that the Government of the People’s Republic of China— (A) respect the internationally recognized human right to freedom from religious persecution; of religion or belief; and (B) end all forms of violence and discrimination against religious minorities minority groups and entities.