The Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and Calling on the Government of the PRC Immediately and Unconditionally to Release Dr. Yang Jianli and for Other Purposes: Markup Before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session on H.R. 2330 and H. Res. 199, June 10, 2003 |
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2002 Country Reports access to legal activist amendments bill BRARY Burma BURMESE FREEDOM cado Chairman China since April citizens and permanent COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL condemns and deplores CONGRES CONGRESS TH CONGRESS THE LIBRARY DANA ROHRABACHER demning DEMOCRACY ACT DOUG BEREUTER EARL BLUMENAUER FALEOMAVAEGA GRESS House of Representa House of Representatives immediate and unconditional immediately and unconditionally INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS JEFF FLAKE JERRY WELLER Jianli lack of due LANTOS LEACH legal counsel legitimate representative LIBR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LIBRARY RARY nent resident aliens nicado detention ONGRES People's Republic permanent resident aliens President RARY OF CONGRESS release Dr Reports on Human Republic of China RESS THE LIBRARY Rights Resolution 1997/38 ROBERT WEXLER ROHRABACHER RON PAUL SHERROD BROWN SPDC STEVE CHABOT strengthen Burma's strongly urges SUBCOMMITTEE ON ASIA tives unconditionally to release United States citizens urges the Government violated legal protections voting Whereas according Whereas Dr Yang Jianli
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Page 1 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Washington, DC. The Subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 1:35 pm, in Room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon.
Page 1 - Subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:20 am in Room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. James A. Leach [Chairman of the Subcommittee] presiding. Mr. LEACH. The Committee will come to order.
Page 7 - ... immediate family member of such 19 narcotics trafficker; 20 (C) the Union of Myanmar Economics 21 Holdings Incorporated (UMEHI) or any com22 pany in which the UMEHI has a fiduciary in23 terest; 24 (D) the Myanmar Economic Corporation 25 (MEC) or any company in which the MEC has 26 a fiduciary interest; 6 1 (E) the Union Solidarity and Development 2 Association (USDA); and 3 (P) any successor entity for the SPDC, 4 UMEHI, MEC, or USDA. 5 (3) CONDITIONS DESCRIBED. — The conditions 6 described...
Page 10 - ... such action as may 5 be necessary to secure such assets or funds. 6 SEC. 5. LOANS AT INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITU7 TIONS. 8 The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 9 United States executive director to each appropriate inter10 national financial institution in which the United States 1 1 participates, to oppose, and vote against the extension by 12 such institution of any loan or financial or technical assist13 ance to Burma until such time as the conditions described 14 in section...
Page 20 - ... with his wife and two children (who are United States citizens), and has also been denied his right to trial within a reasonable time or to release; Whereas on May 7, 2003, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention expressed the opinion that "[t]he non-observance of Mr. Yang Jianli's right to a fair trial is of such gravity as to give his deprivation of liberty an arbitrary character. Therefore, his arrest and detention is arbitrary being in contravention of Article 9 of the Universal...
Page 19 - China, abuses included instances of extrajudicial killings, torture, and other mistreatment of prisoners, forced confessions, arbitrary arrest and detention, lengthy incommunicado detention, and denial of due process.
Page 4 - Kyi and other activists. 3 1 (5) The SPDC continues egregious human 2 rights violations against Burmese citizens, uses rape 3 as a weapon of intimidation and torture against 4 women, and forcibly conscripts child-soldiers for the 5 use in fighting indigenous ethnic groups. 6 (6) The SPDC has demonstrably failed to co7 operate with the United States...
Page 8 - appropriate 8 1 congressional committees" means the Committees on 2 Foreign Relations and Appropriations of the Senate 3 and the Committees on International Relations and 4 Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 5 (b) WAIVER AUTHORITIES. — The President may 6 waive the prohibitions described...