美国公民Grace Jin Drexel敦促中国在镇压未注册教堂的同时,释放她的父亲,一名被拘留的牧师。 U.S. citizen Grace Jin Drexel urges China to release her father, a detained pastor, amid a crackdown on unregistered churches.

Grace Jin Drexel是一位美国公民,也是中国牧师Jin Mingri(又名Ezra)的女儿,他呼吁中国政府释放在近期全国镇压中被拘留的父亲和其他宗教人士。 Grace Jin Drexel, an American citizen and daughter of Chinese pastor Jin Mingri—also known as Ezra—has called on the Chinese government to release her father and other religious figures detained in a recent nationwide crackdown. 金志强因涉嫌非法使用信息网络于10月10日被捕，他领导了北京未注册的锡安教会，该教会在政府压力下于2018年被关闭。 Jin, arrested on October 10 on suspicion of illegally using information networks, led the unregistered Zion Church in Beijing, which was shut down in 2018 amid government pressure. 他的女儿自2020年以来就没有见过他,他对他未受治疗的2型糖尿病和缺乏家庭联系表示关切。 His daughter, who has not seen him since 2020, expressed concern over his untreated Type 2 diabetes and lack of family contact. 她强调他渴望宗教自治,而不是政治反对派,并着重指出政府为控制宗教表达方式所做的更广泛努力。 She emphasized his desire for religious autonomy, not political opposition, and highlighted the broader government effort to control religious expression. 包括国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥在内的美国官员谴责拘留是对宗教自由和人类尊严的侵犯。 U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have condemned the detentions as violations of religious freedom and human dignity.