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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…

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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 See on congress.gov
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Oct 18, 2007
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now October 18, 2007

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Oct 23, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 761: 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.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-761/
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"H. Res. 761: 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.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-761/.
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H. Res. 761, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-761/.
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[H. Res. 761: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-761/)
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