[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 61 (Tuesday, May 17, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 17, 1994]
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                        FOREIGN POLICY AND INDIA

  (Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Madam Speaker, President Clinton wants to 
improve his foreign policy image and I have a suggestion for him: 
Tomorrow in this Chamber the Prime Minister of India will be speaking 
to a joint session of Congress and the President will have an 
opportunity to talk with the Prime Minister of India.
  Madam Speaker, right now in northwestern India in a place called 
Punjab, in a place called Kashmir, 1.1 million Indian troops are gang-
raping women, torturing men, women and children, putting people in jail 
without just cause, without any due process of law, and horrible things 
go on day and night and it has been going on for years.
  Madam Speaker, just recently a woman named Kanwar Singh Dhami in 
Punjab who was about 6 months pregnant was hung upside down by her 
heels for several hours until she had a miscarriage because her husband 
and she and her 6-year-old son believe in human rights, democracy, and 
freedom in Punjab. In Kashmir a wedding party consisting of the bride, 
the groom and a bunch of people was stopped, their bus was ransacked 
and the bride was gang-raped.
  Madam Speaker, we need to tell the Prime Minister of India we will 
not tolerate those kinds of human rights abuses.

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