One voice is not enough But a thousand voices can make a forceful sound. We need your voice.
Improvement in religious freedom in China depends on our concern and our ongoing appeal to the Chinese government. We hope you can: Introduce this book to your friends or invite them to download articles from our website (http://www.hkjp.org) so people can learn more about the situation of the Catholic Church in China. Deepen others' understanding by having discussions with your friends and/or organize seminars on the situation of the Church in China. Inform others about the suppression in the China Church and appeal to us or any other reliable human rights group, asking them for information or to make an urgent appeal. Arouse public awareness and help form public opinion by writing what you know about the suppression of the Church in China and sending it to the press for publication. Please send us a copy for our record. Visit the China Church with others under safe conditions, and share with them to manifest your support. Join social action groups or educational activities and voice your concern for the Church in China. Pray for our brothers and sisters in China that they may soon truly enjoy complete religious freedom.
* Please join our joint appeal campaign to the Chinese government by filling out and signing the form on the following page. Please send your signed letter to: 1.Mr. Hu Jintao, President of China Address: General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Fuyou Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100017, People’s Republic of China. Or 2.Mr. Ye Xiaowen, Director of State Administration of Religious Affairs Address: House No. 44, Houhai Beiyuan, Xicheng District, Beijing 100009, People’s Republic of China. If you prefer, you may also send your signed letter to us by fax, e-mail or by post and we will forward it to the Chinese government for you: Fax: 2539-8023 or e-mail: [email protected] or By post: Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese, Room 302, Bishop Lei Pastoral Centre, No. 1 Tai Shek Street, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong.
For enquiries or more information on the situation of the Church in China, please visit our website or return the slip below to us by fax or by post. ✄ Please tick appropriate box: ❑ Please notify me regarding information/ signature campaign/activities regarding religious freedom in China. ❑ I would like to volunteer to do educational promotion work related to religious freedom in China.
Name: Parish/ Group (if any): Tel: E-mail: ✄ Address: Please tick appeals of interest. You may choose more than one. You may also add your own appeal under "Other" below. Please duplicate this form and invite your friends to join the campaign.
Appeals to the Chinese Government on Religious Freedom ❑ Release all members of the clergy and lay people unfairly arrested. ❑ Reveal the whereabouts of disappeared clergy ( including Bishop Su Zhemin (also Su Zhimin) and Auxiliary Bishop An Shuxin of Baoding Diocese, Hebei Province) and ensure their personal safety. ❑ Abolish administrative detention, the Re-education Through Labour system, and administrative measures that permit the detention of persons for religious reasons and prisoners-of- conscience. ❑ Stop house arrests, surveillance and detention of Church people. ❑ Respect the will of Church people, who do not wish to join government-established open church organizations. ❑ Respect and protect the religious freedom of children, military personnel and Communist members. ❑ Ensure the general flow of information, respect the freedom of the press, and allow news reports on violations of human rights. ❑ Hold officials accountable who infringe on religious freedom. ❑ Pledge to uphold the conditions set down in the international covenants on Human Rights already ratified by China.
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Postal address in the previous page Birds in the Cage Freedom of Religious Belief in China
Published by Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese Address : Room 302, Bishop Lei Pastoral Centre, 1 Tai Shek Street, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong. Telephone : (852) 2560 3865 Fax : (852) 2539 8023 E-mail : [email protected] Homepage : http://www.hkjp.org
First Print, Chinese edition, December 2003 Second Print, Chinese edition, March 2004 English edition, August 2004
ISBN: 962-85768-7-9 Price: HK$ 40
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