In a few days, the Congress of the Communist Party of China will extend the mandate of President Xi Jinping beyond the planned ten years. At the same time, 2,000 kilometers away from the capital, the old cardinal defender of human rights will be tried in Hong Kong. His fault? Launching a fund to help anti-government protesters on the island. The 612 Humanitarian Aid Fund, which has been disbanded, was intended to finance part of the legal and medical costs of those arrested during the 2019 mass demonstrations for freedom. Cardinal Zen, one of Asia’s most senior Catholic leaders, is 90 years old. , had encouraged its creation. Considered as: “Prophet of the stature of Mandela or Solzhenitsyn”. The bright and courageous man, hated by the Beijing regime, has seen most of the area’s pro-democracy figures jailed or flee abroad and dozens of associations shut down in the past three years, according to one of his close associates. ..
Source: Le Figaro
