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US HR861
Resolution
Status
11/7/2025
Primary Sponsor
Garland Barr
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AI Summary
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Condemns the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of religious minorities, specifically citing the October 2025 abduction of Pastor "Ezra" Jin Mingri and more than 20 other pastors and members of Beijing Zion Church—the largest coordinated crackdown against a Christian urban house church in over 40 years
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References the 2021 U.S. determination that the CCP committed genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghur Muslims and other religious minorities in Xinjiang, including forced sterilization, torture, and forced labor
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Calls on China to release all detained Zion Church members, including Pastor Jin, and all other wrongfully detained religious leaders
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Demands China respect the internationally recognized human right to freedom from religious persecution and end all violence and discrimination against religious minorities
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Reaffirms U.S. commitment to promote religious freedom globally, citing the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 and China's designation as a "country of particular concern" every year since 1999
Legislative Description
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.
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
11/7/2025