HRES 992
111th Congress
House
International Affairs
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Human rights
International law and treaties
Iran
Middle East
Militias and paramilitary groups
Protest and dissent
Rule of law and government transparency
Violent crime
Expressing the sense of the House that the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran should halt the widespread and brutal repression of the peaceful reformist protestors, opposition supporters, human rights defenders, students, and journalists following the disputed Iranian presidential election of June 12, 2009.
Introduced: December 16, 2009
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Dec 16, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Dec 16, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Condemns the gross abuses of the rights of Iranian citizens by the government of Islamic Republic of Iran and calls on the government to immediately honor its obligations under its own constitution and International Human Rights Laws.
Supports the rights of Iranian citizens to peacefully protest.
Urges the government of Iran to release all those peaceful protectors and opposition supporters it has detained, stop the harassment and violent acts against these Iranian citizens committed by security forces and the Basij militias, and bring to justice the government authorities responsible for such unlawful acts of violence.
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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