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SRES 98 119th Congress Senate International Affairs Asia China Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Hong Kong Human rights Protest and dissent Rule of law and government transparency

A resolution condemning Beijing's destruction of Hong Kong's democracy and rule of law.

Introduced: February 26, 2025 Introduced by: Risch, James E. Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov
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Apr 28, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 57.
Apr 28, 2025
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Mar 27, 2025
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 26, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1400-1401)
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution condemns China's Hong Kong national security law (officially called The Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region), the Hong Kong government's Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, and related human rights abuses. The resolution also (1) supports the people of Hong Kong as they fight to exercise fundamental rights and freedoms; and (2) calls upon the Hong Kong government to drop all sedition and national security law-related charges and free all defendants immediately, including Jimmy Lai.

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 57.

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