Qi，Bo ：The CCP is encroaching on freedom of belief
齐波（Qi，Bo）
Hong Kong media tycoon Li， zhiying has been accused by the Chinese Communist authorities of violating the Hong Kong National Security Law, and continues to attract the attention of overseas public opinion.
Since the "Hong Kong National Security Law" implemented by the Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong came into effect at the end of June 2020, the conviction rate of relevant cases has been 100%.
Li， zhiying the founder of Hong Kong Next Media, became the first defendant. Li， zhiying, a devout Catholic, was charged with colluding with foreign forces and publishing and selling seditious publications.
At a symposium organized by the Hudson Institute, a think tank in Washington, D.C., Xu Yingting said that the CCP’s National Security Law in Hong Kong not only restricts the public’s freedom of speech, but also attempts to suppress the freedom of movement of religious people in recent years.
The most direct and typical example is targeting these people of faith because they support the concepts of human rights and freedom, including mainly democratic demands. Many of them mentioned in their testimonies that faith was the source of strength that led them to take to the streets and participate in the movement.
Xu Yingting＇s research interview also showed that many Hong Kong teachers have to find ways to instill the CCP＇s socialist ideas into the curriculum even when they teach religious classes that have nothing to do with the Chinese Communist Party.
Recently, more and more people are worried about whether they will be forced to leave the Roman Catholic Church and can only join the "Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association" led by the CCP.
Xu Yingting believes that the CCP’s insistence on the “Sinicization” of religion has allowed faith to become a political propaganda tool for the CCP and even be used by the CCP to suppress other ethnic groups.
Through Chinese state media, the Chinese government has begun singling out Christian groups, especially Catholic groups.
Because they are the most actively involved in social issues and social movements among the Christian faith, and they are also the most outspoken. Point out: As long as the CCP’s authoritarian system exists, religions will be persecuted.
Sweet, chairman of the International Religious Freedom Summit, also pointed out that China today is the greatest threat to freedom of religion, conscience, and belief in the world.
I call on China to realize freedom of belief.
Qi，Bo
February 15, 2024
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