Condemns all violent repression of peaceful Uighur protests by the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC), and expresses sadness at the loss of both Han Chinese and Uighur life.
Calls on the PRC to: (1) honor its Constitution's guarantees for freedoms of speech and association; (2) end its slander of Rebiya Kadeer; and; and (3) end its human rights abuses and repression of the Uighur people.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 624 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 624
Condemning all violent repression by the Government of the People's
Republic of China of peaceful Uighur protests.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 10, 2009
Mr. Delahunt (for himself and Mr. Rohrabacher) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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RESOLUTION
Condemning all violent repression by the Government of the People's
Republic of China of peaceful Uighur protests.
Whereas the U.S. Department of State has recognized and documented the
Government of the People's Republic of China's repeated human rights
abuses of the Uighur people;
Whereas the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has recognized
and documented the Government of the People's Republic of China's
repeated human rights abuses of the Uighur people;
Whereas the People's Republic of China has initiated an official campaign to
encourage Han Chinese migration into the traditional Uighur homeland,
resulting in the Uighur population becoming a minority in East Tukestan
and has placed immense pressure on those who seek to preserve the
linguistic, cultural and religious traditions of the Uighur people;
Whereas the U.S. House of Representatives has and continues to recognize that
the authorities in the People's Republic of China have manipulated the
strategic objectives of the international ``war on terror'' to increase
their cultural and religious oppression of the Uighur people;
Whereas on June 25-26, 2009, in the Guandong Province in the People's Republic
of China, Uighurs residing in a toy factory dormitory were attacked by
ethnic Han Chinese;
Whereas the Guangdong incident allegedly resulted in 2 Uighur deaths and 118
injuries although other sources suggest a higher death toll;
Whereas in response to the Guangdong incident, Uighur men and women protested
peacefully to demand adequate investigation of the Guangdong incident;
Whereas the Government of the People's Republic of China, in response to the
Uighurs' peaceful protest, sent police and paramilitary forces in an
excessive, violent use of force;
Whereas the Government of the People's Republic of China's response to the
Uighur protests has so far resulted in allegedly 156 deaths and more
than 1,000 injuries;
Whereas the Government of the People's Republic of China has detained roughly
1,434 people and continues to pursue other alleged wrongdoers;
Whereas the Government of the People's Republic of China has taken steps to
control information about the incident by attempting to block unofficial
reports and discussions and has reportedly cut internet, cell phone, and
international telephone services in the region;
Whereas both the Han Chinese and Uighurs have suffered an unnecessary and
equally tragic loss of life;
Whereas the diaspora leader of the Uighur people, Rebiya Kadeer, has been
labeled by officials and the state-run media in the People's Republic of
China as the mastermind of the above said protests; and
Whereas Rebiya Kadeer supports democracy and a peaceful resolution of the
differences between the Uighur people and the People's Republic of
China: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) condemns all violent repression by the Government of
the People's Republic of China of peaceful Uighur protests;
(2) expresses sadness at the loss of both Han Chinese and
Uighur life during the recent upheavals;
(3) calls on the Government of the People's Republic of
China to honor its Constitution's guarantees for freedoms of
speech and association, distinguish between acts of peaceful
protest and acts of violence, and not treat peaceful protest as
a crime;
(4) calls on the Government of the People's Republic of
China to allow access by diplomats and other international
observers to the trials of people charged with protest-related
crimes;
(5) calls upon the Government of the People's Republic of
China to allow international observers and journalists
immediate and unfettered access where the protests took place;
(6) calls upon the Government of the People's Republic of
China to provide details about each person detained or charged
with a crime, including each person's name, the charges (if
any) against each person, the name and location of the
prosecuting office and court handling each case, and the name
of each facility where a person is detained or imprisoned;
(7) calls on the Government of the People's Republic of
China to release any innocent individuals involved in the
protest incidents and not seek the death penalty in those cases
in which individuals were peacefully lodging their dissent;
(8) calls on the Government of the People's Republic of
China to immediately conduct an adequate, legitimate
investigation of the mob violence against the Uighurs occurring
in the Guangdong Province with the consultation and involvement
of international human rights nongovernmental organizations
such as Amnesty International;
(9) calls on the Government of the People's Republic of
China to immediately end all violent repression of peaceful
Uighur protests;
(10) calls on the Government of the People's Republic of
China to end its slander of Rebiya Kadeer; and
(11) calls on the Government of the People's Republic of
China to end its human rights abuses and repression of the
Uighur people.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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