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Wednesday, April 07, 2004 |
Another Arrest of an Underground Roman Catholic Bishop [CardinalKungFoundation.org]
Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A. – Bishop JIA ZhiGuo, the underground Roman Catholic Bishop of Zheng Ding, Hebei, was arrested on April 5, 2004. A car with four government security policemen suddenly appeared at the bishop’s residence at approximately 1:30 pm local time and took him away. When asked why the bishop was taken away, the police answered that they were carrying out the order from their superior. We have no idea where he was taken and have no other details.
Bishop JIA is 69 years old and was ordained a bishop in 1980. He was previously arrested on April 20, 2002 and was previously in jail for about 20 years. He has been under strict surveillance for many years. He takes care of approximately 100 handicapped orphans in his house.
Approximately one month ago, the Chinese authority arrested Bishop WEI Jingyi, the underground Roman Catholic bishop of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, on March 5, 2004. He was then released on March 14, 2004.
Joseph Kung, the president of the Cardinal Kung Foundation, said: “We do not understand this recent arrest of bishops in China when the Chinese government introduced the terms ‘freedom of faith’ and ‘protection of human rights’ into the country’s constitution in its recent annual meeting of Chinese parliament. These arrests clearly exemplify that the Chinese government frequently states things in theory, but does not back them up in actual practice. These arrests make the Chinese constitution a mockery.”
. 6:49:40 AM 
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HK LAWYERS, DEMOCRATS SLAM CHINA’S GRIP ON REFORMS [RFA]
HONG KONG—Legal experts and democrats in Hong Kong are slamming a ruling by the Chinese government asserting its control over political reform in the territory, saying it undermined the “one country, two systems” policy set up when the former British colony was handed back to Beijing in 1997, RFA’s Mandarin and Cantonese services report. The Standing Committee of China’s parliament passed a review of Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, the Basic Law, giving Beijing full control over the territory’s political reforms, including the right to decide whether further democratization takes place at all. [more]
. 6:40:26 AM
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Psalm 139:7-10. Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. [English Standard Version Bible Daily Verse]
. 6:35:57 AM
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Defector Hwang's new website. North Korea's highest-ranking defector, Hwang Jang-yop has a website here with a small English section. Hwang is the honorary chairman of the Association of North Korean defectors. According to an email from the activist-doctor Norbert Vollertsen, the group will... [North Korea zone]
. 6:27:32 AM
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Tiananmen: China Detains Yet another Activist.. FT.com Reuters world news: "Chinese police have detained a noted AIDS activist, Chinese and overseas sources say, apparently over his plans to commemorate democracy protesters who died in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown." Having just released some "Tiananmen Mothers" amid world condemnation as to their detention now they go and arrest a prominent AIDS Activist who was organising a 15th [China Letter : News-Human Rights-Government-Economy-Law]
. 6:26:59 AM
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"One Child Policy" Coming Home to Roost. BBC NEWS "'In most of the countryside in China we have what we call one-and-a-half-child policy. That means if a young couple's first child is a male, they must stop child-bearing. If the child is a female they may have a second child,' he said. " I have carried this story before about the demographic time bomb ticking away in China. According to projections there will be 20 million excess [China Letter : News-Human Rights-Government-Economy-Law]
. 6:24:21 AM
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