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HRES 379 100th Congress House International Affairs Afghanistan Newspapers and Periodicals Political prisoners Reporters and reporting U.S.S.R. War

A resolution condemning the Soviet Union's and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan's policies of repression of accurate news coverage of the war in Afghanistan and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 17, 1988 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
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Agreed to (House)
Feb 26, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.
Feb 26, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Feb 17, 1988
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb 17, 1988
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Condemns the Soviet Union's and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan's repression of accurate news coverage of the war in Afghanistan.

Urges the Secretary of State to recover the bodies and personal effects of journalists Lee Shapiro and James Lindelof from Afghanistan and to assist in securing the release of Italian journalist Fausto Biloslavo and French journalist Alain Guillo from Afghan prisons.

Urges the President to issue a proclamation honoring such individuals and journalists Staale Gundhus and Charles Thornton for their attempts to report the truth about the war in Afghanistan.

What's happening now February 26, 1988

Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 8, 1988
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 379: A resolution condemning the Soviet Union's and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan's policies of repression of accurate news coverage of the war in Afghanistan and for other purposes.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HRES-379/
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"H. Res. 379: A resolution condemning the Soviet Union's and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan's policies of repression of accurate news coverage of the war in Afghanistan and for other purposes.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HRES-379/.
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H. Res. 379, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HRES-379/.
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