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S.Res. 178 (102nd)

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on Chinese political prisoners and Chinese prisons.

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12 September 1991

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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.

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Summary

Urges the President to: (1) communicate to the leadership of the Government of the People's Republic of China the concern of the Congress and the American people for Wang Juntao and Chen Ziming and to call for their immediate release from prison; and (2) request the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) to urge Beijing officials to provide quality medical care for them and for all political prisoners and to dispatch representatives of the UN Human Rights Commission to China to assess and report on the treatment of political prisoners and the condition of Chinese prisons.

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