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Deborah Fikes |
Reported by Ava Collins.
(New York—Jan. 6, 2016) Deborah Fikes, the Permanent Representative to the United Nations for the World Evangelical Alliance and China Aid Advisory Board member, wrote a letter raising the case of Li Heping. The full text can be found below.
As I spent time with my family this Christmas and welcomed my daughter and her husband back from a wonderful experience of a year of academic study in China, I could not forget about my Chinese Christian brother, Li Heping. How difficult it must be for his wife, Wang Qiaoling, to not know what has happened to her husband and for his young daughter to not have her father at home, especially during Christmas. To have no answers of where or why Brother Li is being detained, if his health is good, or even if he is still alive must be unbearable. I have a great love for China and its citizens and believe that honest citizen leaders like Li Heping are essential for China to continue its remarkable journey as a world power. The treatment of the Chinese government towards Brother Li reflects an ugly disgraceful chapter in Chinese history, which only hurts China in the eyes of the international community. International academic leaders, business leaders, and religious leaders from around the world lose respect for the Chinese government when they do not observe their own laws and violate the basic human rights of some of their most honest and valued citizens such as Li Heping.
L-R: Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., with Li Heping on Oct. 12, 2005, during Li's visit to the U.S. (Photo: China Aid) |
Deborah Fikes
Representative to the United Nations
World Evangelical Alliance
New York
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