Marking the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre and condemning the ongoing and often brutal suppression of human rights and basic freedoms by the Government of the People’s Republic of China and Chinese Communist Party, including in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · May 10, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
This resolution commemorates the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and condemns China's ongoing suppression of human rights and freedoms in mainland China and Hong Kong. The measure documents how Chinese authorities violently cracked down on peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations in 1989, killed thousands of civilians, and continue to censor any public discussion of these events while detaining and harassing those who seek to remember the victims. The resolution specifically addresses the suppression of annual Tiananmen vigils in Hong Kong since 2020 and broader human rights abuses against pro-democracy activists, ethnic minorities including Uyghurs and Tibetans, religious believers, and journalists. It calls on the U.S. government to pressure China to end censorship of the event, release political prisoners including named activists, use sanctions against Hong Kong officials complicit in suppressing freedoms, and raise human rights concerns at the United Nations. The measure also encourages Members of Congress to publicly support Tiananmen victims and their families living outside China and to reference the Congressional-Executive Commission on China's political prisoner database when engaging with Chinese officials.
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