Communist Regime Survivors Detail 12 Years of Torture at Capitol Roundtable

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 23

Capitol testimony from survivors of Cuba, Venezuela, China and the Soviet Union centered on prison torture, food rationing, indoctrination and religious persecution under communist rule.
José Daniel Ferrer said he spent more than 12 years in Cuban prisons, enduring physical and psychological abuse and seeing inmates die from torture and malnutrition.
Daniel Di Martino described Venezuela’s collapse from middle-class stability to empty shelves, fingerprint-scanned rationing and state control over basic purchases.
Pastor Ezra Jin said Chinese authorities arrested him and 20 other church leaders last year; he was released, but eight pastors remain jailed.
The roundtable, hosted by House Republican Chairwoman Lisa McClain, framed those accounts as a warning that communist movements first mask their aims, then weaken institutions, markets and religious freedom.