SRES 463 — 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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whichScott was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Expressing condemnation of theSouth ChineseCarolina, CommunistMr. 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.

Whereas,Justice, onMr. October 10, 2025, international news outlets reported that the Chinese Communist Party (referred to in this preamble as the ``CCP'') abducted Pastor ``Ezra'' Jin Mingri, who is the founder of Beijing Zion Church, from his home in Guangxi Province, China;

WhereasScott CCPof authoritiesFlorida, alsoMs. abducted more than 20 other pastors and church members from Zion Church;

WhereasAlsobrooks, theMr. CCP's actions mark the largest coordinated, nationwide crackdown against a Christian urban house church in more than 40 years;

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Shaheen) submitted the following resolution;

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations November 7, 2025 Committee discharged;

considered, amended, and agreed to with an amended preamble _______________________________________________________________________ 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.

Whereas, on October 10, 2025, international news outlets reported that the Chinese Communist Party (referred to in this preamble as the ``CCP'') detained Pastor ``Ezra'' Jin Mingri, who is the founder of Zion Church, from his home in Guangxi Province, China;

Whereas CCP authorities also arrested nearly 30 other pastors and church members from Zion Church;

Whereas 23 members of Zion Church remain in detention centers, while other members have been released on bail, and still others are being harassed and intimidated by Chinese authorities;

Whereas the CCP's actions mark the largest coordinated, nationwide crackdown against an unregistered Christian house church network in more than 40 years;

Whereas, since coming to power in 2016,2012, PresidentCCP General Secretary Xi Jinping promisedhas escalated a campaign to ``Sinicize''``sinicize'' religion in China byby-- (1) allowing authorities to burn Bibles,bibles, imprison believers, and tear down Christian crosses,crosses; and by forcing religious organizations and adherents to conform to the ideology of the CCP;

Whereas, in 2021, the Trump Administration determined the CCP had committed crimes against humanity and genocide(2) againstforcing predominately Muslim Uyghurs and other members of ethnic and religious minoritiesorganizations in Xinjiang and thatadherents the CCP has continued to subjectconform religious minorities to restrictionsthe onideology religious practices and freedom of expression,the arbitraryCCP; imprisonment, forced sterilization torture, and forced labor;

WhereasWhereas, under the CCPpolicy hasof madesinicizing consistentreligion, effortsthe toGovernment erodeof theChina religious,has-- linguistic,(1) andordered culturalthe identityremoval of Tibetans,crosses includingfrom byCatholic closing Buddhist monasteries and limitingProtestant entrychurches; or practitioners;

(2) censored religious texts;

(3) imposed CCP-approved religious materials;

(4) replaced images of Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary with pictures of Xi Jinping;

and (5) instructed clergy to preach CCP ideology;

Whereas, in 2021, the Trump administration determined the CCP-- (1) had committed crimes against humanity and genocide against predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups, including ethnic Kazakhs and ethnic Kyrgyz;

and (2) has continued to subject religious minority groups in China to restrictions on religious practices and freedom of expression, arbitrary imprisonment, forced sterilization torture, and forced labor;

Whereas the CCP has made consistent efforts to erode the religious, linguistic, and cultural identity of Tibetans, including by-- (1) closing Buddhist monasteries and limiting entry or practitioners;

(2) forcibly disappearing and arbitrarily detaining Tibetans for practicing their religious beliefs;

(3) censoring religious content online;

and (4) expanding the use of boarding schools to indoctrinate children in CCP-approved curricula and Mandarin Chinese;

Whereas the People's Republic of China is a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, doneadopted atin Paris on December 10, 1948, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, doneadopted atin New York on December 19, 1966, which recognize freedom of religion as aan fundamentalinternationally-recognized human right;

Now, therefore, be it Resolved, 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;

(3) calls onfor the Governmentimmediate ofand theunconditional People'srelease Republic of Chinaall todetained release the members of Zion Church, including Pastor Jin, and all other wrongfully detained religious leaders;practioners in China;

and (4) demandscalls thatfor the Government of the People's Republic of China--China (A)to respectcease its harassment and intimidation of the internationallyrelatives recognizedof humanZion rightChurch tomembers freedomand fromtheir religiousrelatives, persecution;including tactics of transnational repression overseas;

and(5) (B)calls endon allthe formsGovernment of violencethe andPeople's discriminationRepublic againstof China to release all other arbitrarily detained religious minoritiesbelievers, including Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, and entities.other Christians;

and (6) demands that the Government of the People's Republic of China-- (A) respect the internationally recognized human right to freedom of religion or belief;

and (B) end all forms of violence and discrimination against religious minority groups and entities.