民主中国阵线就中共新一轮宗教迫害致函澳洲政府

 

Sydney Institute 演讲，Gerard Henderson,王怡、余杰、Anne Henderson,秦晋

澳洲国会会见绿党领袖 Bob Brown 参议员

尊敬的澳洲外长Marise Payne参议员：

　　事由：王怡牧师和成都秋雨圣约教会

　　民主中国阵线致函于您是为以上之事，关于近期中共当局针对地下教会宗教活动进行的抓捕行动。

　　民阵希望此事引起您的关注。

　　根据可靠的消息来源和报道，中国警方在圣诞节前夕对拒绝服从中共政治路线的牧师和教会进行新一轮的镇压行动，震惊世界。已经在这一波镇压行动中拘留近100人，王怡牧师和他的妻子也在其中。

　　王怡先生（1973年6月出生）是成都中国家庭教会秋雨教会的牧师。他也是一位富有成效的作家、编辑和社会活动家，在就任牧师职位之前，他曾在成都大学研读法律。

　　王怡于2006年初访问澳大利亚，时任独立中文笔会秘书长，与当时的会长2010年诺贝尔和平奖获得者刘晓波博士共同主持笔会，同年还在美国首都华盛顿收到当时的美国总统小布什在白宫的热情接待。

　　民阵就习近平北京政府对地下教会实施迫害对牧师进行抓捕表示强烈愤慨并予以谴责，民阵呼吁澳洲政府为王怡牧师及其他被拘留的主内兄弟姐妹向习近平北京政府提出交涉，谴责习近平及其政府的反人权行径，并要求立即释放被拘捕人士，来自澳洲和全世界西方民主国家坚定的声音可以阻止北京的恶行。

　　热切期待澳洲政府对此事采取行动。

民主中国阵线主席　秦晋
2019年12月21日于澳洲悉尼

附：2006年初王怡等造访澳洲报道和图片（https://news.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2006/02/200602241550.shtml）

附英文版：

21 December 2018

Dear Hon. Scott Morrison MP, Prime Minister of Australia,

Re: Pastor Wang Yi and Early Rain Covenant Church in Sichuan China

I am writing on behalf of the Federation for a Democratic China (FDC) to refer to the above-mentioned case, a recent surge of police action against unsanctioned Christian activity in China.

The FDC would like to bring this matter into your attention.

China's pre-Christmas Church crackdown alarmed the world, according to reliable sources and reports, Chinese police are raiding churches and arresting pastors that don’t tow the Communist Party line as Christmas approaches, detaining nearly 100 in a wave of pre-Christmas crackdowns, Pastor Wang Yi and his wife are among them.

Mr. Wang Yi (born June 1973) is the pastor of the Early Rain Covenant Church, a Chinese house church in Chengdu. He is also a productive writer, editor, and social activist, and was a legal scholar at Chengdu University before he resigned to take up the pastorate.

Wang Yi visited Australia in early 2006 as the Secretary General for the Independent Chinese PEN, assisting then President of PEN, Dr. Liu Xiaobo, 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He also in the same year 2006 received warm reception of the US President George W. Bush in White House.

The FDC are filled with anger and disgust at the persecution of unsanctioned churches and arrest of pastors by the Xi Jinping Beijing Government. The FDC would like to implore your government to make representation on behalf of Pastor Wang Yi and others detained, condemning Xi Jinping and his government for their inhuman activities and demanding their immediate release. A firm voice from Australia and all West democracies around the world could serve to a halt of what Beijing is doing.

Your action on this matter is eagerly expected.

King regards,

Chin Jin
Chairman of the Federation for a Democratic China