Congressional Hearing

Tuesday, September 22, 2026
2:30 PM ET
216 Hart Senate Office Building
Hosted by: Congressional-Executive Commission on China

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) will hold a hearing examining the experiences of people imprisoned and persecuted by the Chinese government, the families and religious communities working for their freedom, and the retaliation faced by those who speak out on their behalf.

The hearing will examine the treatment of prisoners in China, the prolonged detention of U.S. citizens, and the persecution of Christians, Falun Gong practitioners, and Uyghurs. Witnesses will also discuss efforts to suppress Uyghur identity and the threats, surveillance, legal harassment, pressure on relatives, and online abuse directed at advocates outside China.

Witnesses

• Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri — Founder and Pastor, Zion Church
• Rushan Abbas — Founder and Executive Director, Campaign for Uyghurs
• Erping Zhang — Spokesperson of Falun Gong
• Nelson Wells, Sr. — Father of detained American citizen Nelson Wells, Jr.
• Sylvia Zin — Wife of detained American scholar Min Zin

The hearing will be livestreamed on the CECC’s YouTube channel.

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