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Read. Follow. Verify.Congressional Hearing on Religious Repression in China
Record date · January 1, 2019
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What This Bill Does
This hearing transcript documents a 2018 Congressional-Executive Commission on China session regarding the Chinese government's treatment of religious groups. Witnesses, including a survivor of a detention camp, provided testimony on the detention of Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, and other religious practitioners.
The hearing serves as an official record of U.S. legislative inquiry into human rights conditions in China, which informs ongoing U.S. foreign policy and diplomatic advocacy regarding religious freedom.
Who It Affects
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Uyghur Muslims
The group is identified as being subject to mass internment and reeducation programs in China.
Religious practitioners in China
Groups including Tibetan Buddhists, Falun Gong practitioners, and Christians are identified as facing government-imposed restrictions and detention.
Key Facts
- The hearing was held on November 28, 2018, by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
- The Commission maintains a political prisoner database containing 6,275 historical cases of individuals detained for religious reasons.
- There are currently over 750 active cases in the Commission's political prisoner database.
- The hearing focused on the treatment of Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, Falun Gong practitioners, and unregistered Christian churches.
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- Witnesses testified regarding the use of 'reeducation camps' and 'legal education centers' for ideological indoctrination.
- The Commission advocates for U.S. officials to raise individual prisoner cases with the Chinese government.
- The hearing included testimony from Mihrigul Tursun, a survivor of a Chinese detention camp.
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Escalation of Repression
The hearing participants characterized the 2018 environment as the most severe period of religious repression in China since the Cultural Revolution.
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