United Kingdom · Motion · Early Day Motion
EDM 432
BISHOP JULIUS JIA
Introduced
20 December 2004
Last action
20 December 2004 · Early Day Motion
Status
0
Sponsors
Lindsay Hoyle
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20 December 2004
Summary
That this House notes with distress the treatment of Catholic Bishop Julius Jia by the Chinese Government; recognises the important work he has done in the community establishing an orphanage in 1991 for unwanted children; expresses its dismay at his treatment by the Chinese Government who ban him from worshipping and subject him to house arrest; notes that he has spent more than 20 years in jail, being arrested on more than 30 occasions; further notes that as Christmas approaches this is a particularly dangerous time for Bishop Jia; and calls on the Chinese Government to promote religious tolerance and allow Bishop Jia and Catholics across China to practise their faith.
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20 December 2004
Early Day Motion
That this House notes with distress the treatment of Catholic Bishop Julius Jia by the Chinese Government; recognises the important work he has done in the community establishing an orphanage in 1991 for unwanted children; expresses its dismay at his treatment by the Chinese Government who ban him from worshipping and subject him to house arrest; notes that he has spent more than 20 years in jail, being arrested on more than 30 occasions; further notes that as Christmas approaches this is a particularly dangerous time for Bishop Jia; and calls on the Chinese Government to promote religious tolerance and allow Bishop Jia and Catholics across China to practise their faith.
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- Lindsay Hoyle · Labour · Primary sponsor
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- Official source: https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motions/26965
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- uk · edm-26965 · source updated 20 December 2004