INVITATION TO MEETING ON CHINA
AT UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
You are cordially invited to a meeting on Religious Repression in China, focusing on the violent persecution of unregistered Catholics and Protestants. The meeting will be held in the context of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights between 13.00 and 15.00 in Room XVIII on Friday 2nd April 2004. Details of speakers, who include Harry Wu and Peter Xu Yongze, are below. We do very much hope that you will be able to attend and would be grateful if you could forward this on to other colleagues and contacts who might be interested.
REPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN CHINA.
THE VIOLENT PERSECUTION OF UNREGISTERED PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS.
EXPOSING OFFICIAL EVIDENCE OF HARSH NEW REPRESSIVE POLICIES.
FRIDAY 2ND APRIL 2004
13.00 - 15.00
ROOM XVIII
UNITED NATIONS PALAIS DES NATIONS GENEVA
SPONSORED BY A WOMAN'S VOICE INTERNATIONAL
The speakers include:
* Harry Wu, veteran campaigner for human rights and former prisoner for nineteen years in China's notorious Laogai prison system.
* Peter Xu Yongze, known as 'the Billy Graham of China', frequently imprisoned and subjected to torture and other barbaric treatment.
* Brother Yun, leading figure in the Chinese unregistered Protestant Church, author of best-selling autobiography 'The Heavenly Man', persecuted, imprisoned and tortured repeatedly for his Christian activities.
* Bob Fu, former church leader in Beijing imprisoned for illegal religious activities, now President of the China Aid Association, one of the foremost organizations documenting the persecution of the Protestant Church.
* Joseph Kung, President and Founder of the Cardinal Kung Foundation, leading authority on the underground Catholic Church in China.
Video footage will be shown featuring:
* Testimonies of women from the South China Church who were tortured and sexually assaulted to give evidence against Pastor Gong Shingling.
* The destruction of churches.
An official document will be exposed revealing the new harsh tactics being implemented against unregistered Christians.
The meeting will be chaired by Lord Chan of the British House of Lords.
Refreshments will be provided.
SPEAKERS PROFILES:
Harry Wu, veteran campaigner for human rights and former prisoner, he personally suffered the horrors of detention in the Chinese Laogai prison system for 19 years. He is now at the forefront of exposing the Laogai system and has documented numerous Laogai camps, detention centers and instances of Laogai produced goods being exported abroad. In 1995 he was detained and later sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, but after broad international attention he was subsequently deported to the United States. He is denounced as China's 'No. 1 troublemaker' and is on a secret most wanted list. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Laogai Research Foundation.
Peter Xu Yongze, founder of one of the largest Christian movements in China, referred to as 'the Billy Graham of China'. He was arrested and imprisoned five times for over seven years in China and experienced severe torture and persecution. He was also a witness to the death and mistreatment of others in detention. His sister, Deborah one of the most prominent women in the house church in China, is currently facing particular persecution for her religious activities and was arrested on 24th January this year.
Brother Yun, one of the leading figures in the Chinese house church, now the author of the best-selling autobiography 'The Heavenly Man'. Brother Yun spent most of his life in China on the run and was imprisoned for lengthy terms on several occasions. He suffered incredible brutality, torture, hardship and persecution. On the final occasion his legs were broken and he was held in a high security prison, facing long-term imprisonment. He now lives in the West and is a popular international speaker.
Bob Fu, President of China Aid Association, a key agency documenting the persecution of the Church in China. He was a house church leader in Beijing until he and his wife were detained for 'illegal religious activities'. After release they fled to the West to avoid imminent further persecution for their faith. He has a wealth of information and documentation on religious persecution in China today. He currently serves as a visiting professor at Oklahoma Wesleyan University.
Joseph Kung is the nephew of the late Cardinal Kung of China and President and founder of the authoritative Cardinal Kung Foundation. He lobbied for thirty years for his uncle, who was detained in solitary confinement, eventually able to take him to the United States in his old age. He is an authority on the persecution of the underground Catholic Church in China, documenting and raising awareness of the frequent arrest, detention and other forms of harsh treatment meted out against underground Chinese Catholics.
The meeting will be chaired by Lord Chan of Oxon, Member of the British Parliament, House of Lords, Chairman of Chinese in Britain National Forum and Chairman of the Chinese Overseas Christian Mission.
For further details (including on access to the meeting for those not accredited to the Commission) please reply by e-mail or telephone + 447789 721236.
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