Whereas Rabiya Kadeer, a prominent ethnic Uighur from the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of the People's Republic of China, her secretary, and her son were arrested on August 11, 1999, in the city of Urumqi; Whereas Rabiya Kadeer's arrest occurred outside the Yindu Hotel in Urumqi as she was attempting to meet a group of congressional staff staying at the Yindu Hotel as part of an official visit to China organized under the auspices of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Program of the United States Information Agency; Whereas Rabiya Kadeer's husband Sidik Rouzi, who has lived in the United States since 1996 and works for Radio Free Asia, has been critical of the policies of the People's Republic of China toward Uighurs in Xinjiang; Whereas Rabiya Kadeer was sentenced on March 10 to 8 years in prison ``with deprivation of political rights for two years'' for the crime of ``illegally giving state information across the border''; Whereas the Urumqi Evening Paper of March 12 reported Rabiya Kadeer's case as follows: ``The court investigated the following: The defendant Rabiya Kadeer, following the request of her husband, Sidik Haji, who has settled in America, indirectly bought a collection of the Kashgar Paper dated from 1995-1998, 27 months, and some copies of the Xinjiang Legal Paper and on 17 June 1999 sent them by post to Sidik Haji. These were found by the customs. During July and August 1999 defendant Rabiya Kadeer gave copies of the Ili Paper and Ili Evening Paper collected by others to Mohammed Hashem to keep.

United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Congress author aut Government Organization United States Congress Senate author aut Government Organization text government publication eng BILLS Whereas Rabiya Kadeer, a prominent ethnic Uighur from the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of the People's Republic of China, her secretary, and her son were arrested on August 11, 1999, in the city of Urumqi; Whereas Rabiya Kadeer's arrest occurred outside the Yindu Hotel in Urumqi as she was attempting to meet a group of congressional staff staying at the Yindu Hotel as part of an official visit to China organized under the auspices of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Program of the United States Information Agency; Whereas Rabiya Kadeer's husband Sidik Rouzi, who has lived in the United States since 1996 and works for Radio Free Asia, has been critical of the policies of the People's Republic of China toward Uighurs in Xinjiang; Whereas Rabiya Kadeer was sentenced on March 10 to 8 years in prison ``with deprivation of political rights for two years'' for the crime of ``illegally giving state information across the border''; Whereas the Urumqi Evening Paper of March 12 reported Rabiya Kadeer's case as follows: ``The court investigated the following: The defendant Rabiya Kadeer, following the request of her husband, Sidik Haji, who has settled in America, indirectly bought a collection of the Kashgar Paper dated from 1995-1998, 27 months, and some copies of the Xinjiang Legal Paper and on 17 June 1999 sent them by post to Sidik Haji. These were found by the customs. During July and August 1999 defendant Rabiya Kadeer gave copies of the Ili Paper and Ili Evening Paper collected by others to Mohammed Hashem to keep.;S. Con. Res. 81 (ENR) Bills and Statutes 106_cong_bills legislative 2010-09-01 Whereas Rabiya Kadeer, a prominent ethnic Uighur from the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of the People's Republic of China, her secretary, and her son were arrested on August 11, 1999, in the city of Urumqi; Whereas Rabiya Kadeer's arrest occurred outside the Yindu Hotel in Urumqi as she was attempting to meet a group of congressional staff staying at the Yindu Hotel as part of an official visit to China organized under the auspices of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Program of the United States Information Agency; Whereas Rabiya Kadeer's husband Sidik Rouzi, who has lived in the United States since 1996 and works for Radio Free Asia, has been critical of the policies of the People's Republic of China toward Uighurs in Xinjiang; Whereas Rabiya Kadeer was sentenced on March 10 to 8 years in prison ``with deprivation of political rights for two years'' for the crime of ``illegally giving state information across the border''; Whereas the Urumqi Evening Paper of March 12 reported Rabiya Kadeer's case as follows: ``The court investigated the following: The defendant Rabiya Kadeer, following the request of her husband, Sidik Haji, who has settled in America, indirectly bought a collection of the Kashgar Paper dated from 1995-1998, 27 months, and some copies of the Xinjiang Legal Paper and on 17 June 1999 sent them by post to Sidik Haji. These were found by the customs. During July and August 1999 defendant Rabiya Kadeer gave copies of the Ili Paper and Ili Evening Paper collected by others to Mohammed Hashem to keep. S. Con. Res. 81 (ENR) U.S. Government Printing Office 2000-07-24 monographic deposited born digital 3 p. Y 1.6: Y 1.4/4: P0b002ee180661db5 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-106sconres81enr S. Con. Res. 81 021-610-00252-9 000501532 000325571 Congressional bills Senate concurrent resolutions f:sc81enr.txt https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-106sconres81enr https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-106sconres81enr/html/BILLS-106sconres81enr.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-106sconres81enr/pdf/BILLS-106sconres81enr.pdf fdlp DGPO 2010-09-01 2023-01-16 BILLS-106sconres81enr machine generated eng sconres BILLS-106sconres81enr 106 2 SENATE JOINT 81 enr enr false false