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SRES 149 111th Congress Senate

A resolution expressing solidarity with the writers, journalists, and librarians of Cuba on World Press Freedom Day and calling for the immediate release of citizens of Cuba imprisoned for exercising…

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Official title: A resolution expressing solidarity with the writers, journalists, and librarians of Cuba on World Press Freedom Day and calling for the immediate release of citizens of Cuba imprisoned for exercising rights associated with freedom of the press.

Introduced: May 14, 2009 See on congress.gov
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May 14, 2009
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5538; text as passed Senate: CR S5538; text of measure as introduced: CR S5529-5530)
May 14, 2009
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5538; text as passed Senate: CR S5538; text of measure as introduced: CR S5529-5530)
May 14, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5538; text as passed Senate: CR S5538; text of measure as introduced: CR S5529-5530)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Expresses solidarity with the citizens of Cuba and their family members who are suffering harassment or imprisonment for exercising rights associated with freedom of the press and pursuing livelihoods as independent writers, journalists, or librarians.

Calls on the government of Cuba to release all writers, journalists, and librarians who are imprisoned for exercising their fundamental human rights, including Cuban citizens who have been identified by international monitoring organizations as being imprisoned by the government of Cuba.

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 Cosponsors 1
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · May 14, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 149: A resolution expressing solidarity with the writers, journalists, and librarians of Cuba on World Press Freedom Day and calling for the immediate release of citizens of Cuba imprisoned for exercising rights associated with freedom of the press.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-SRES-149/
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"S. Res. 149: A resolution expressing solidarity with the writers, journalists, and librarians of Cuba on World Press Freedom Day and calling for the immediate release of citizens of Cuba imprisoned for exercising rights associated with freedom of the press.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-SRES-149/.
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S. Res. 149, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-SRES-149/.
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[S. Res. 149: A resolution expressing solidarity with the writers, journalists, and librarians of Cuba on World Press Freedom Day and calling for the immediate release of citizens of Cuba imprisoned for exercising rights associated with freedom of the press.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-SRES-149/)
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