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US HR470
Resolution
Status
6/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Ami Bera
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AI Summary
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Commemorates the 36th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, when People's Liberation Army soldiers fired on peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators, killing and injuring thousands
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Condemns the Chinese government's continued censorship of information about the massacre and ongoing human rights abuses against pro-democracy activists, Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Tibetans, and religious minorities
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Criticizes China's 2020 National Security Law imposed on Hong Kong, which has been used to suppress democratic voices, arrest pro-democracy activists, and ban the annual Tiananmen vigil held since 1990
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Calls on the PRC to cooperate with a UN Human Rights investigation into the massacre, uphold Hong Kong's autonomy under the Joint Declaration, and allow exiled protesters to return without retribution
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Expresses support for peaceful human rights movements in China, Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang, and urges U.S. officials to meet with Tiananmen protest participants and victims' families living abroad
Legislative Description
Remembering the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and condemning the continued and intensifying crackdown on human rights and basic freedoms within the People's Republic of China, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, by the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
6/4/2025