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          <text>&lt;p&gt;This resolution condemns China's Hong Kong national security law (officially called &lt;em&gt;The Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region&lt;/em&gt;) 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, Cardinal Zen, and at least 47 individuals known collectively as the Hong Kong 47. &lt;/p&gt;</text>
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