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“This is great but why isn’t Saperstein calling for Iran to release Pastor Abedini and other Christian pastors imprisoned there. Perhaps it’s because we consider China an enemy and are now on friendlier terms with Iran (who still wants to destroy us) that we practice this hypocritical double standard.”  Admin

China must immediately release detained Christian human rights lawyers, activists and church pastors, the US has said.

US envoy for religious freedom, David Saperstein, branded the detentions of defence lawyer Zhang Kai and others a “particularly alarming development”. According to AP, Saperstein had been scheduled to meet with Zhang and a number of religious leaders on August 26, but they were arrested the day before.

It emerged earlier this week that Zhang has since been sentenced to six months in so called ‘black jail’, along with his assistant Liu Peng, on suspicion of endangering state security and disturbing the public order. Zhang had been representing churches battling orders to remove their crosses amid a crackdown on places of worship in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, on the east coast of China.

“There can be no excuse for the detention of these religious figures who either met with me or tried to meet with me,” Saperstein told reporters.

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