U.S. House Resolution Urges China to Cease Persecution of Falun Gong
A member of Congress who fled communist Cuba as a child has introduced
a resolution urging communist China not to persecute followers of the
Falun Gong spiritual movement. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Republican of Florida) introduced
House Concurrent Resolution 188 (H. Con. Res. 188) July 18 to express
the sense of Congress that the Beijing regime should cease persecuting
Falun Gong practitioners. The proposed resolution passed mark up in the International Relations
Committee of the House of Representatives, and can be taken up once
the Congress reconvenes in early September. Ros-Lehtinen, an outspoken opponent of human rights abuses by
communist regimes, was joined by 63 of her colleagues as co-sponsors
of H. Con. Res. 188. Among those supporting her proposed resolution are Representatives Tom
Lantos (Democrat of California) and Frank Wolf (Republican of
Virginia), the co-chairmen of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. H. Con. Res. 188 calls on the United States to use "every appropriate
public and private forum to urge" the Beijing regime "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." The proposed resolution also would have the United States admonish
China 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." Con. Res. 188 has 63 co-sponsors and support of Representative Henry Hyde, the
chairman of the House International Relations Committee.
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