WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 /
Christian Newswire/ -- On Tuesday, September 8, 2009, eleven Members of the House of Representatives signed a Congressional letter to President Hu Jintao, expressing deep concern for the Chinese commitment to rule of law, and calling for the renewal of licenses for Chinese human rights lawyers and the guarantee of legal rights according to the rule of law in China. The US Congressmen' bipartisan letter addresses the recent arrest of Open Constitution Initiative leader Xu Zhiyong, and the prolonged absence of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng.
The bipartisan Congressional letter was signed by the following US House Representatives:
Frank R. Wolf, (R-VA10)
Bob Inglis, (R-SC4)
Bill Pascrell, Jr., (D-NJ8)
Scott Garrett, (R-NJ5)
Steve Cohen, (D-TN9)
Lloyd Doggett, (D-TX25)
Walk Minnick, (D-ID1)
Christopher H. Smith, (R-NJ4)
Daniel E. Lungren, R-CA3)
Anh "Joseph" Cao, (R-LA2)
Thaddeus G. McCotter, (R-MI11)
ChinaAid thanks the US Congressmen for their bipartisan effort to demonstrate the US commitment to rule of law in China. We further urge the international community to pray for the leaders and security officials in China to abide by the law, and for the victims of religious persecution and human rights violations to act in accordance with the law, while defending their freedoms.
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