; (7) encourages Members of Congress to adopt a prisoner of conscience in China through the Lantos Human Rights Commission’s Defending Freedom Project , raise the case with Chinese officials, and work publicly for their release; (8) calls on the Chinese government to unconditionally release religious and political prisoners or, at the very least, ensure that detainees are treated humanely with access to family, the lawyer of their choice, independent medical care, and the ability to practice their faith while in detention; and (9) encourages the global faith community to speak in solidarity with the persecuted Christians in China.