A resolution honoring Las Damas de Blanco, a women-led nonviolent movement in support of freedom and human rights in Cuba, and calling for the release of all political prisoners in Cuba.

3.0.0 531 2022-02-09T00:10:39Z 2022-02-09T00:10:39Z Senate SRES 2020-03-05 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-05T16:09:30Z 2020-03-05 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1600) IntroReferral 2020-03-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2020-03-05 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2020-03-05 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2020-03-05 True S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2020-03-05 True G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2020-07-28 False International Affairs Caribbean area Congressional tributes Cuba Detention of persons Human rights Latin America Protest and dissent Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status International Affairs

00 2020-03-05 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-26T15:03:05Z This resolution honors the members of Las Damas de Blanco, a group composed of wives and relatives of political prisoners, prisoners of conscience, and peaceful dissidents in Cuba, for their peaceful efforts to stand up to the Cuban regime and defend human rights and fundamental freedoms. Further, it expresses solidarity with the Cuban people and calls on the Cuban regime to release all political prisoners.

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A resolution honoring Las Damas de Blanco, a women-led nonviolent movement in support of freedom and human rights in Cuba, and calling for the release of all political prisoners in Cuba. Display Title A resolution honoring Las Damas de Blanco, a women-led nonviolent movement in support of freedom and human rights in Cuba, and calling for the release of all political prisoners in Cuba. Official Title as Introduced A resolution honoring Las Damas de Blanco, a women-led nonviolent movement in support of freedom and human rights in Cuba, and calling for the release of all political prisoners in Cuba. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116sres531is/xml/BILLS-116sres531is.xml 2020-03-05 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1600) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.