SRES 217
106th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
China
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Detention of persons
Dissenters
East Asia
Freedom of association
Freedom of speech
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Imprisonment
Political persecution
Political prisoners
Religion
Religious liberty
Treaties
A resolution relating to the freedom of belief, expression, and association in the People's Republic of China.
Introduced: November 2, 1999
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Became law
Nov 19, 1999
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14924-14925)
Nov 19, 1999
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S14924-14925)
Nov 5, 1999
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 404.
Nov 5, 1999
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms without amendment and an amended preamble. Without written report.
Nov 3, 1999
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Nov 2, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Nov 2, 1999
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Calls on the Government of the People's Republic of China to: (1) release all prisoners of conscience and put an immediate end to the harassment detention, physical abuse, and imprisonment of Chinese citizens exercising their legitimate rights to free belief, expression, and association; and (2) demonstrate its willingness to abide by internationally accepted norms of freedom of belief, expression, and association by repealing or amending laws and decrees that restrict those freedoms and proceeding promptly to ratify and implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
What's happening now
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14924-14925)
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