[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 13, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S4378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        RELEASE OF WEI JINGSHENG

  Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I join my colleagues urging the release of 
Wei Jingsheng, currently imprisoned in China for his efforts to promote 
democracy in China. Serving his second long-term sentence, Mr. Wei is 
seriously ill without access to proper medical care. He has served 
nearly 18 years in various prisons and labor camps and will not be 
released until 2009. It is doubtful he will last that long without 
medical attention.
  I hope the leaders of China will grant Mr. Wei's release as an 
humanitarian gesture that would show the world that China has a 
commitment to improve the human rights of its citizens.

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