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HRES 563 108th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the one-year anniversary of the human rights crackdown in Cuba.

Introduced: March 30, 2004 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
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Agreed to (House)
Mar 31, 2004
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Voice Vote.
Mar 16, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Mar 16, 2004
Introduced in House
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Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Voice Vote.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

States that the House of Representatives: (1) condemns the repressive crackdown by the Government of Cuba against the internal opposition and the independent press, and expresses its admiration and solidarity with these groups; (2) demands that the Government of Cuba release all political prisoners, legalize all political parties, labor unions, and the press, and hold free and fair elections; (3) declares the acts of the Castro regime, including its widespread and systematic violation of human rights, to be in violation of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (4) declares that the rule of law for the Cuban people should guarantee each and every fundamental and inalienable right; and (5) calls for the passage of a resolution at the 60th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights that holds the Government of Cuba accountable for its gross violations of human rights and civil liberties.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 563: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the one-year anniversary of the human rights crackdown in Cuba.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-563/
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"H. Res. 563: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the one-year anniversary of the human rights crackdown in Cuba.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-563/.
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H. Res. 563, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-563/.
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