S.Res. 217 — A resolution relating to the freedom of belief, expression, and association in the People's Republic of China.

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Calls on the Government of the People's Republic of China to: (1) release all prisoners of conscience and put an immediate end to the harassment detention, physical abuse, and imprisonment of Chinese citizens exercising their legitimate rights to free belief, expression, and association; and (2) demonstrate its willingness to abide by internationally accepted norms of freedom of belief, expression, and association by repealing or amending laws and decrees that restrict those freedoms and proceeding promptly to ratify and implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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1999-11-02
Introduced in Senate
1999-11-02
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
1999-11-03
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
1999-11-05
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms without amendment and an amended preamble. Without written report.
1999-11-05
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms without amendment and an amended preamble. Without written report.
1999-11-05
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 404.
1999-11-19
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S14924-14925)
1999-11-19
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14924-14925)

A resolution relating to the freedom of belief, expression, and association in the People's Republic of China.

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