IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 576 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government 
of the People’s Republic of China has violated internationally recognized 
human rights by implementing severe restrictions on the rights of 
Uyghurs to freely associate and engage in religious and political speech, 
subjecting detained Uyghurs to torture and forced confessions, carrying 
out extrajudicial killings against Uyghur dissidents, and pressuring other 
governments to unlawfully return Uyghurs to China, where they face 
mistreatment and persecution. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2012 
Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 
WOLF, Mr. MORAN, and Mr. PITTS) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Government of the People’s Republic of China has 
violated internationally recognized human rights by im-
plementing severe restrictions on the rights of Uyghurs 
to freely associate and engage in religious and political 
speech, subjecting detained Uyghurs to torture and 
forced confessions, carrying out extrajudicial killings 
against Uyghur dissidents, and pressuring other govern-
ments to unlawfully return Uyghurs to China, where 
they face mistreatment and persecution. 
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•HRES 576 IH 
Whereas Uyghurs in China face worsening repression by the 
Government of China, through increasing controls on reli-
gious, political, and cultural activity, and through in-
creasing security restrictions, deprivations of due process, 
forcible disappearances, torture, and extrajudicial kil-
lings; 
Whereas as a result of this institutionalized discrimination by 
the Government of China against Uyghurs, confronta-
tions between Uyghurs and Chinese police have intensi-
fied since July 5, 2009, when violence broke out in 
Urumqi during initially peaceful protests, reportedly re-
sulting in the deaths of 197 people and the detention of 
more than 1,400 people; 
Whereas hundreds of persons detained after the July 2009 
riots have not been accounted for by the Government of 
China, and serious allegations of torture and other 
human rights abuses by Chinese police have gone unin-
vestigated; 
Whereas many of the Uyghurs detained in relation to the 
July 2009 events are feared to have been subjected to 
torture and forced confessions during their imprisonment; 
Whereas trials for many of the Uyghurs charged in relation 
to the July 2009 events have lacked transparency, and 
defendants have allegedly been denied the right to choose 
their attorneys; 
Whereas at least 24 Uyghurs and 2 Han Chinese have been 
sentenced to death, 9 individuals have been sentenced to 
death with a 2-year reprieve, 8 Uyghurs and one Han 
Chinese man have been executed, and several more indi-
viduals have been sentenced to life in prison or given jail 
terms in connection with the July 2009 events; 
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