[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 188 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 188

 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China should cease its persecution of Falun Gong 
                             practitioners.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 18, 2001

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen (for herself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Gilman, Mr. 
Burton of Indiana, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Frank, Mr. 
  Rohrabacher, Ms. McKinney, Ms. Lee, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. 
Rush, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, Mr. King, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
    Barton of Texas, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Berman, Ms. Berkley, Mr. 
  Tancredo, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. 
  Diaz-Balart, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Nadler, and Mr. Tiberi) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China should cease its persecution of Falun Gong 
                             practitioners.

Whereas Falun Gong is a peaceful and nonviolent form of personal belief and 
        practice with millions of adherents in China and elsewhere;
Whereas the Government of the People's Republic of China has forbidden Falun 
        Gong practitioners to practice their beliefs, and has systematically 
        attempted to eradicate the practice and those who follow it;
Whereas this policy violates China's own constitution as well as the 
        International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Universal 
        Declaration of Human Rights;
Whereas Jiang Zemin's regime has created notorious government ``610'' offices 
        throughout China with the special task of overseeing the persecution of 
        Falun Gong members through organized brainwashing, torture, and murder;
Whereas propaganda from China's state-controlled media has inundated the public 
        in an attempt to breed hatred and discrimination;
Whereas the number of known deaths from torture has reached 253 so far, tens of 
        thousands have been tortured while confined in labor camps, prisons, and 
        mental hospitals, and hundreds of thousands forced to attend 
        brainwashing classes;
Whereas official measures have been taken to conceal all atrocities, such as the 
        immediate cremation of victims, the blocking of autopsies, and the false 
        labeling of deaths as from suicide or natural causes;
Whereas women in particular have been the target of numerous forms of sexual 
        violence, including rape, sexual assault, and forced abortion;
Whereas several permanent United States residents and citizens have been 
        imprisoned, tortured, and subject to arbitrary detention; and
Whereas the campaign of persecution has been generated by the Chinese 
        Government, carried out by government officials and state police, and 
        permeated every village and every level of government in China: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the Government of the People's Republic of China should 
        cease its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners; and
            (2) the United States Government should use every 
        appropriate public and private forum to urge the Government of 
        the People's Republic of China--
                    (A) to release from detention all Falun Gong 
                practitioners and put an end to the practices of 
                torture and other cruel, inhumane, and degrading 
                treatment against them and other prisoners of 
                conscience; and
                    (B) to abide by the International Covenant on Civil 
                and Political Rights and the Universal Declaration of 
                Human Rights by allowing Falun Gong practitioners to 
                pursue their personal beliefs.
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