Expresses the sense of Congress that, in conformity with the Helsinki Find Act, the Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and basic standards of justice, the unjustly imprisoned members and affiliates of the Soviet Helsinki Group should be granted their freedom and allowed to pursue their lawful activities in behalf of basic human rights.
Urges the President, the Secretary of State, and other appropriate executive branch officials to continue to express at every suitable opportunity and in the strongest terms the opposition of the United States to the imprisonment of the Helsinki Group members.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
Committee on International Relations discharged in House.
Committee on International Relations discharged in House.
Measure considered in House.
Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, roll call #334 (399-0).
Roll Call #334 (House)Measure passed House, roll call #334 (399-0).
Roll Call #334 (House)Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
Measure considered in Senate.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate.
Measure passed Senate.
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