What is Joseph Zen?
[[File:Cardinal Joseph Zen (2019).jpg|right|200px]] '''Joseph Zen Ze-kiun''' [[Salesians of Don Bosco|SDB]] ({{IPA-wuu|zəɲ zəʔ tɕyəɲ|[[Shanghainese]]:}}, born 13 January 1932) is a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] of the [[Catholic Church]] from [[Hong Kong]]. He was born in [[Shanghai]]. Zen was the sixth [[Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong|Bishop of Hong Kong]] from 2002 to 2009. He was appointed cardinal in 2006. He is also an activist about human rights, [[Freedom (political)|political freedom]], and [[Freedom of religion|religious liberty]]. He is also a strong supporter for Hong Kong [[democracy]] and has been criticize by [[China]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Scimia|first=Emanuele|url=https://jamestown.org/program/the-vatican-stays-away-from-the-hong-kong-crisis-due-to-fears-of-beijings-retaliation/|title=The Vatican Stays Away from the Hong Kong Crisis Due to Fears of Beijing's Retaliation|date=29 January 2020|work=[[Jamestown Foundation]]|access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref> On 11 May 2022 he was arrested by the [[National Security Department|National Security Police]] and later that day released on bail.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://newsmediaempire.com/hong-kong-police-arrest-retired-catholic-cardinal-on-national-security-charges-release-him-on-bail/ | title=Hong Kong police arrest retired Catholic cardinal on national security charges, release him on bail | date=11 May 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zen, Joseph}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Human rights activists]] [[Category:Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church]] [[Category:Chinese Roman Catholic bishops]] [[Category:Hong Kong activists]] [[Category:People from Shanghai]] {{bio-stub}}