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 activist amendments arrest assets Aung San Suu bill BLUMENAUER BRAD SHERMAN Burma Burmese Freedom cado detention California ADAM China since April citizens and permanent COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL Committees on Appropriations condemns and deplores DAN BURTON DANA ROHRABACHER date of enactment demning Democracy Act Department of State's DOUG BEREUTER EARL BLUMENAUER FALEOMAVAEGA family member Foreign Relations House of Representa House of Representatives human rights violations immediately and unconditionally INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS JEFF FLAKE JERRY WELLER Jersey Jianli lack of due LANTOS LEACH legal counsel legislation legitimate representative ment methamphetamines narcotics trafficker Nebraska CHRISTOPHER H People's Republic permanent resident aliens release Dr Reports on Human Republic of China right to trial ROBERT WEXLER ROHRABACHER RON PAUL Secretary SHERROD BROWN SPDC Staff STEVE CHABOT strongly urges Subcommittee tives UMEHI unconditionally to release United States citizens urges the Government VISA voting Whereas according Whereas Dr Yang Jianli York
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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 15 - Strike the preamble and insert the following: Whereas according to the United States Department of State's 2002 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in China, the Government of the People's Republic of China has "continued to commit numerous and serious [human rights] abuses", including "instances of ... arbitrary arrest and detention, lengthy incommunicado detention, and denial of due process"; Whereas according to the 2002 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in China, "the country's...
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 16 - Whereas according to the 2002 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in China, "the country's criminal procedures were not in compliance with international standards", "the lack of due process in the judicial system remained a serious problem", and "authorities routinely violated legal protections in the cases of political dissidents"; Whereas Dr.
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 (MEG) or any company in which the MEG 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 1 - IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY TO RELEASE DR. YANG JIANLI AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2003 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Washington, DC.
Page 8 - For9 eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 10 2003 (Public Law 107-228), Burma has not 1 1 been designated as a country that has failed de12 monstrably to make substantial efforts to ad13 here to its obligations under international coun14 ternarcotics agreements and to take other effec15 tive counternarcotics measures, including, but 16 not limited to (i) the arrest and extradition of 17 all individuals under indictment...
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...