[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H3881]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      CALLING FOR ZHU YUFU RELEASE ON TIANANMEN SQUARE ANNIVERSARY

  (Mr. HULTGREN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, on June 4, 1989, pro-democracy 
demonstrators were killed by Chinese troops while peacefully advocating 
for government accountability and political and economic reforms.
  In the aftermath, the Chinese Government arrested large numbers of 
protesters and their supporters, prohibited other demonstrations, 
expelled foreign journalists, and have prohibited discussion or 
remembrance of these events ever since.
  Today is a solemn reminder of the state of human rights in China 26 
years after Tiananmen Square.
  Since 2011, Zhu Yufu, a Chinese democracy advocate, Christian 
dissident, and poet has languished in prison simply for expressing his 
democratic beliefs. Today, I urge his immediate and unconditional 
release.
  As part of the Defending Freedoms Project, my colleagues and I will 
continue to shine a light on Zhu Yufu's case and that of other 
prisoners of conscience. I applaud Zhu Yufu and his fellow champions of 
freedom for their courage. We thank them for their courage. They are 
not alone.

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