115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 67 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Whereas Liu Xiaobo has inspired untold numbers of people 
in the People’s Republic of China and globally for his 
courageous stands for democracy, the protection of 
human rights, and peaceful change in China; 
Whereas, on December 9, 2008, a diverse group of more than 
300 Chinese scholars, writers, lawyers, and activists 
issued 
Charter 
08, 
a 
manifesto 
calling 
on 
the
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Chinese Communist Party to abandon authoritarian rule 
in favor of democracy, the guarantee of human rights, 
and the rule of law; 
Whereas Liu Xiaobo was one of the original drafters of Char-
ter 08 and was taken into custody one day before the 
manifesto was released; 
Whereas in December 2009, a Beijing court sentenced Liu 
Xiaobo to eleven years in prison for ‘‘inciting subversion 
of state power’’, in part for his role in Charter 08; 
Whereas in recognition of Liu Xiaobo’s long and non-violent 
struggle for fundamental human rights in the People’s 
Republic of China, he was awarded the Nobel Peace 
Prize in October 2010; 
Whereas Liu Xiaobo’s wife Liu Xia, has been held in extra-
legal home confinement since October 2010, two weeks 
after her husband’s Nobel Peace Prize award was an-
nounced, and has reportedly suffered severe health prob-
lems over the years which required hospitalization; 
Whereas in May 2011, the United Nations Working Group 
on Arbitrary Detention issued opinions declaring that the 
Chinese Government’s imprisonment of Liu Xiaobo and 
the detention of Liu Xia both contravened the Universal 
Declaration of Human Rights; 
Whereas Liu Xiaobo was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer 
in May 2017 and granted permission to access medical 
treatment outside of prison and is currently hospitalized 
in China; 
Whereas, according to news and family reports, Liu Xiaobo’s 
cancer has metastasized and the Chinese Government has 
refused requests by his family to transfer him to Beijing 
for medical treatment; and
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Whereas Liu Xiaobo currently cannot freely meet with 
friends and family or seek medical care outside of China: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) recognizes Liu Xiaobo for his decades of 
peaceful struggle for basic human rights and democ-
racy in the People’s Republic of China; 
(2) urges the Government of the People’s Re-
public of China to unconditionally release Liu 
Xiaobo, together with his wife Liu Xia, to allow 
them to freely meet with friends, family, and counsel 
and seek medical treatment wherever they desire; 
and 
(3) urges the Administration to seek humani-
tarian transfer from the People’s Republic of China 
for Liu Xiaobo, together with his wife Liu Xia, so 
that he can seek medical treatment in the United 
States or elsewhere overseas. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 29, 2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 67 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Urging the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China to unconditionally release Liu Xiaobo, to-
gether with his wife Liu Xia, to allow them to 
freely meet with friends, family, and counsel and 
seek medical treatment wherever they desire.