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eral family members residing in the Xinjiang Uyghur Au-
tonomous Region; 
Whereas while residing in the United States, Ms. Kadeer 
founded the International Uyghur Human Rights and 
Democracy Foundation and was elected President of the 
Uyghur American Association and President of the World 
Uyghur Congress in Munich, Germany; 
Whereas two of Ms. Kadeer’s sons were detained and beaten 
and one of her daughters was placed under house arrest 
in June 2006; 
Whereas President George W. Bush recognized the impor-
tance of Ms. Kadeer’s human rights work in a June 5, 
2007, speech in Prague, Czech Republic, when he stated: 
‘‘Another dissident I will meet here is Rebiyah Kadeer of 
China, whose sons have been jailed in what we believe is 
an act of retaliation for her human rights activities. The 
talent of men and women like Rebiyah is the greatest re-
source of their nations, far more valuable than the weap-
ons of their army or their oil under the ground.’’; 
Whereas Kahar Abdureyim, Ms. Kadeer’s eldest son, was 
fined $12,500 for tax evasion and another son, Alim 
Abdureyim, was sentenced to seven years in prison and 
fined $62,500 for tax evasion in a blatant attempt by 
local authorities to take control of the Kadeer family’s re-
maining business assets in the People’s Republic of 
China; 
Whereas another of Ms. Kadeer’s sons, Ablikim Abdureyim, 
was beaten by local police to the point of requiring med-
ical attention in June 2006 and has been subjected to 
continued physical abuse and torture while being held in-
communicado in custody since that time; 
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Whereas Ablikim Abdureyim was also convicted by a kan-
garoo court on April 17, 2007, for ‘‘instigating and en-
gaging in secessionist’’ activities and was sentenced to 
nine years of imprisonment, this trial being held in se-
crecy and Mr. Abdureyim reportedly being denied the 
right to legal representation; 
Whereas two days later, on April 19, 2007, another court in 
Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re-
gion, sentenced Canadian citizen Huseyin Celil to life in 
prison for ‘‘splittism’’ and also for ‘‘being party to a ter-
rorist organization’’ after having successfully sought his 
extradition from Uzbekistan where he was visiting rel-
atives; 
Whereas Chinese authorities have continued to refuse to rec-
ognize Mr. Celil’s Canadian citizenship, although he was 
naturalized in 2005, denied Canadian diplomats access to 
the courtroom when Mr. Celil was sentenced, and have 
refused to grant consular access to Mr. Celil in prison; 
Whereas a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson publicly 
warned Canada ‘‘not to interfere in China’s domestic af-
fairs’’ after Mr. Celil’s sentencing; and 
Whereas Mr. Celil’s case was a major topic of conversation 
in a recent Beijing meeting between the Canadian and 
Chinese Foreign Ministers: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the Government of the People’s Republic 
of China— 
(1) should recognize, and seek to ensure, the 
linguistic, cultural, and religious rights of the 
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Uyghur people of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
Region; 
(2) should immediately release the children of 
Rebiya Kadeer from both incarceration and house 
arrest and cease harassment and intimidation of the 
Kadeer family members; and 
(3) should immediately release Canadian citizen 
Huseyin Celil and allow him to rejoin his family in 
Canada. 
Æ 
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