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107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 188

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 25, 2002

Received and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of

the People’s Republic of China should cease its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.

Whereas Falun Gong is a peaceful and nonviolent form of

personal belief and practice with millions of adherents in

the People’s Republic of China and elsewhere;

Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China

has forbidden Falun Gong practitioners to practice their

beliefs, and has systematically attempted to eradicate the

practice and those who follow it;
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Whereas this policy violates the Constitution of the People’s

Republic of China as well as the International Covenant

on Civil and Political Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

Whereas Jiang Zemin’s regime has created notorious government ‘‘610’’ offices throughout the People’s Republic of

China with the special task of overseeing the persecution

of Falun Gong members through organized brainwashing,

torture, and murder;

Whereas propaganda from state-controlled media in the People’s Republic of China has inundated the public in an

attempt to breed hatred and discrimination;

Whereas the number of known deaths from torture has

reached 422 so far, tens of thousands have been tortured

while confined in labor camps, prisons, and mental hospitals, and hundreds of thousands have been forced to attend brainwashing classes;

Whereas official measures have been taken to conceal all

atrocities, such as the immediate cremation of victims,

the blocking of autopsies, and the false labeling of deaths

as from suicide or natural causes;

Whereas women in particular have been the target of numerous forms of sexual violence, including rape, sexual assault, and forced abortion;

Whereas the campaign of persecution has been generated by

the Government of the People’s Republic of China, is carried out by government officials and police at all levels,

and has permeated every segment of society and every

level of government in the People’s Republic of China;

and
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Whereas several United States citizens and permanent resident aliens have been subjected to arbitrary detention,

imprisoned, and tortured in the People’s Republic of

China: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that—

3 (1) the Government of the People’s Republic of

4 China should cease its persecution of Falun Gong

5 practitioners, and its representatives in the United

6 States should cease their harassment of citizens and

7 residents of the United States who practice Falun

8 Gong and cease their attempts to put pressure on

9 officials of State and local governments in the

10 United States to refuse or withdraw support for the

11 Falun Gong and its practitioners;

12 (2) the United States Government should use

13 every appropriate public and private forum to urge

14 the Government of the People’s Republic of China—

15 (A) to release from detention all Falun

16 Gong practitioners and put an end to the prac17 tices of torture and other cruel, inhumane, and

18 degrading treatment against them and other

19 prisoners of conscience; and

20 (B) to abide by the International Covenant

21 on Civil and Political Rights and the Universal

22 Declaration of Human Rights by allowing
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1 Falun Gong practitioners to pursue their per2 sonal beliefs; and

3 (3) the United States Government should inves4 tigate allegations of illegal activities in the United

5 States of the Government of the People’s Republic

6 of China and its representatives and agents, includ7 ing allegations of unlawful harassment of United

8 States citizens and residents who practice Falun

9 Gong and of officials of State and local governments

10 in the United States who support Falun Gong, and

11 should take appropriate action, including but not

12 limited to enforcement of the immigration laws,

13 against any such representatives or agents who en14 gage in such illegal activities.

Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2002.

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL,

Clerk.