China must release Pastor Ezra Jin

Some of the Zion Church employees are now facing criminal charges, including for “illegal dissemination of religious information via the internet.” Witnesses to the arrests claimed police had a wanted list and were violent. A pastor and spokesman for Zion Church, Sean Long, said that police even forcefully separated one female pastor from her newborn baby. Pastor Jin’s entire nuclear family, including his wife and three children, is U.S.-based, and his children are all American citizens. Thus, Pastor Jin’s arrest is a national security concern for the United States government. China’s constitution technically allows for freedom of religion; it states…