WASHINGTON – Activists will be holding a prayer vigil and demonstration in front of the White House on Wednesday, June 26, at 12:00 PM. (Pennsylvania NW side.)
Several will be peacefully risking arrest to stand in solidarity with Christians, Uighurs and Falun Gong practitioners who are being imprisoned and persecuted for their faith in China.
President Trump has indicated that he will be having "extending meetings" with President Xi at the G20 gathering in Japan this week.
It is critical that President Trump not put economic and business interests above the crushing of religious freedom and human rights abuses in China during his conversations with President Xi.
To President Trump we say, "Fight for human rights in China. Not cheaper sneakers for Americans."
Rev. Patrick Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, has a 35 year history of fighting for religious freedom and human rights in China and was arrested in Tiananmen Square during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He states,