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Church Persecution Continues During Obama's Visit to China

CHINA -- Although President Obama addressed the general topic of human rights as a "universal value" in his speech at the Shanghai Museum of Science and Technology on Nov. 15, current religious freedom and human rights conditions in China require stronger measures:
PRESIDENT OBAMA REMARKS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, BUT GIVES NO DETAILS
Obama arrived in China late Sunday afternoon on November 15. He wasted no time before speaking to a mixed group of Chinese students and youth at the Shanghai Museum of Science and Technology. ChinaAid learned that public security officials were debating the number of attendees and screening them up to the last minute before the town-hall style meeting. President Obama addressed the "freedom to express worship" and uphold general universal principles of human rights, but failed to describe any particular religious freedom cases in particular. Read the article "Obama presses China over rights" on BBC.co.uk., 11/16/2009. ChinaAid President Bob Fu applauded President Obama's mention of human rights and religious freedom, but continues to urge U.S. representatives to cite specific examples, and not let the general address become another "green light" for persecution of religious minorities in China.
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Posted by Editor at November 21, 2009 12:24 AM