and the United Nations Basic Principles on the 
Role of Lawyers; and 
(D) end the practice of prosecuting lawyers 
based on whom they have represented as cli-
ents; 
(2) the Department of State should pressure 
the Government of Turkey— 
(A) to abolish extended pretrial detention, 
consistent with Turkey’s Judicial Reform Strat-
egy; 
(B) to reverse the April 2017 amendment 
to Article 159 of the Constitution, which allows 
for political control over the nomination proce-
dures to the Council of Judges and Prosecutors; 
and 
(C) to ensure the independence of judges 
and of the judiciary system, with particular 
focus on the Ministry of Justice; and 
(3) the independence of any country’s judicial 
system suffers when lawyers— 
(A) are subject to intimidation and harass-
ment in their work; and 
(B) are identified with the causes of their 
clients. 
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SEC. 8. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR 
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. 
It is the sense of Congress that if the Government 
of Turkey does not promptly take effective steps to ad-
dress the human rights violations described in this Act— 
(1) the President of the United States should 
impose sanctions pursuant to the Global Magnitsky 
Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title 
XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) 
with respect to officials of the Government of Tur-
key found responsible for— 
(A) the detention of prisoners of conscience 
and political prisoners; 
(B) the politically motivated detention of 
journalists; 
(C) restricting of freedom of free expres-
sion through social media; and 
(D) other gross violations of internationally 
recognized human rights; 
(2) the President should confirm that United 
States security assistance provided to the Govern-
ment of Turkey is fully consistent with the condi-
tions mandated in section 36 of the Arms Export 
Control Act ((22 U.S.C. 2776)) and the human 
rights provisions contained in section 620M of the 
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Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, (22 U.S.C. 2378d); 
and 
(3) the Secretary of the Treasury should in-
struct the United States executive director of each 
international financial institution to oppose any loan, 
grant, policy, or strategy determined to be directly 
enabling the Government of Turkey to violate the 
human rights of its citizens. 
SEC. 9. POLITICAL PRISONERS ASSISTANCE. 
The Secretary of State shall provide assistance to 
civil society organizations in Turkey that work to secure 
the release of prisoners of conscience and political pris-
oners in Turkey, and to current and former prisoners of 
conscience and political prisoners in Turkey, including— 
(1) support for the documentation of human 
rights violations with respect to prisoners of con-
science and politically motivated prisoners; 
(2) support for advocacy in Turkey to raise 
awareness of issues relating to prisoners of con-
science and political prisoners; 
(3) support for efforts to repeal or amend laws 
or regulations that are used to imprison individuals 
as prisoners of conscience or political prisoners; 
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(4) support, including travel costs, and legal 
fees, for families of prisoners of conscience and polit-
ical prisoners; 
(5) support for health, including mental health, 
and post-incarceration assistance in gaining access 
to education and employment opportunities or other 
forms of reparation to enable former prisoners of 
conscience and political prisoners to resume a nor-
mal life; and 
(6) the delegation of specific United States mis-
sion staff who will observe trials in politically moti-
vated cases, including in Southeast Turkey. 
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