HRES 761
110th Congress
House
International Affairs
Bangladesh
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Democracy
Dissenters
Due process of law
Equality before the law
Extortion
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Human rights
Law
Political persecution
Political prisoners
Rule of law
South Asia
United Nations
United Nations officials
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the violation of the human rights of United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Sigma Huda, and others, by the caretaker government of Bangladesh.
Introduced: October 18, 2007
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Oct 18, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Oct 18, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Calls on the Secretary of State to determine if the charges brought against United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Sigma Huda, constitute a retaliation by the military-backed government of Bangladesh for her family's alleged political activities.
Asks the President to direct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to submit a resolution to the United Nations condemning the caretaker government for its human rights violations.
Proposes that the President recognize the return of democracy to Bangladesh as a high priority of U.S. foreign policy.
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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