Tony Perkins, Family Research Council: Within days of a key meeting between U.S. diplomats and China's head of religious affairs, China Aid released its annual report on the persecution of Christians in communist China. Both China Aid and the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China agree that the religious crackdown is becoming more pronounced in the months leading up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The cases of persecution against house churches are up more than 25 percent from 2006, and the number of individuals harassed or imprisoned grew from 665 to 788, including unprecedented antagonism against foreigners. Ambassador John Hanford has an opportunity to pressure Ye Xiaowen, head of China's State Administration for Religious Affairs, to release dozens of Christians and pastors still in government custody--including the many whose fate FRC has repeatedly called on the State Department to address. While Secretary Condoleezza Rice has refused to reply to our letter of December 11, we join 12 members of Congress in asking Hanford to express America's outrage at the routine discrimination against and persecution of Christians in China. See Also: Report shows religious persecution on rise in ChinaTags: China, Christians, Family Research Council, Olympics, persecution, Tony Perkins To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
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