Posted on 04/17/2017 4:08:18 PM PDT by marshmallow
WARSAW, Poland – A Czech bishop has accused his government of prioritizing trade ties over human rights after it delayed granting asylum to dozens of Chinese Christians seeking protection in the country.
Auxiliary Bishop Vaclav Maly of Prague, chairman of the Czech church's Justice and Peace Commission, said in an email to Catholic News Service April 13 that the "usual popular objection" cannot be applied to the asylum-seekers. "There are no terrorists among them and no doubts about their work ethic," he said.
"An act of goodwill would enable Czech officials to show we decide our own affairs and won't be pushed into a corner by protests from China. It's shameful to see economic interests prevailing over humanitarian concerns," he wrote.
Bishop Maly said he was confident the Chinese Christians were "simply seeking refuge from the threat of persecution," and believed their acceptance would "improve the reputation of the Czech Republic" after international criticism of its attitude toward refugees from Syria and Iraq.
"Our country is a member of the European Union, whose treaties and documents talk about human rights, not just trade ties," said Bishop Maly, who was jailed and tortured as a dissident under communist rule in former Czechoslovakia.
"A principled stance can ultimately help resolve many problems. It's worrying the EU seems to be abandoning this, while our own government's policy also moves in the opposite direction," he added.
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Or does he consider that to be discriminatory to his godless moslems that he so favors?
The Czechs are always awesome.
Send them back.
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