Ten years ago, Zhou Deyong was trying to rescue his wife who was jailed by Chinese authorities over her faith. Ten years later, his wife and son are doing the same for him.
Every day, You Ling shows up at the Chinese consulate in New York holding a sign calling for her husband’s release. The 62-year-old geological engineer was recently handed an eight-year prison sentence for practicing Falun Gong, a meditation discipline the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has brutally suppressed since 1999.
Zhou’s son, Zhou You, a Florida resident, recounted the family’s story of persecution at a congressional briefing hosted by the International Religious Freedom Caucus on May 23….