Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback, gave an interview with Radio Taiwan International Monday evening
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/03/12
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
US Ambassador Brownback, center, and radio host Sen Hong Yang, left, at RTI (By Taiwan News)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – U.S. Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback gave an interview with Radio Taiwan International (RTI) radio-host Sen Hong Yang (楊憲宏), on the evening of Monday, March 11.
During the interview at RTI, Ambassador Brownback boldly expressed his hope that religious freedom will come to China soon, and also declared the support of the United States for those suffering from persecution under authoritarian regimes like the one in Beijing.
Echoing his statements from previous addresses over the past few days, Brownback expressed his belief that suppression of religion will inevitably lead to a stronger religious identity among those who are persecuted. The ambassador expressed his belief that the war which China wages against religion is a war that the Chinese Communist Party ultimately can not win.
Ambassador Brownback arrived in Taiwan Sunday, March 10, on a three-day trip for the first ever religious freedom forum hosted in the Indo-Pacific with a theme of “Civil Society Dialogue on Securing Religious Freedom in the Indo-Pacific Region,” which began on Monday and will wrap up on Tuesday, March 12. [FULL STORY]
