,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #bde  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,june #d1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,bentivolio submitted the following    
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs         
,,resolution  ,recognizing the #bdth    
anniversary of the ,tiananmen ,square   
massacre1 calling for the release of    
,dr4 ,wang ,bingzhang1 and for other    
reasons4  ,whereas the freedoms of      
expression1 assembly1 and association   
are fundamental human rights and are    
recognized as such under the ,united    
,nations ,declaration of ,human ,rights 
and the ,international ,covenant on     
,civil and ,political ,rights2 ,whereas 
the protests in ,tiananmen ,square were 
the result of the peaceful democratic   
movement throughout ,china and were     
calling for open dialogue with the      
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china and its leaders regarding     
democratic reform2 ,whereas the         
,people's ,liberation ,army and other   

security forces used lethal force to    
disperse demonstrations in ,beijing on  
,june #c1 #aihi1 and ,june #d1 #aihi2   
,whereas the ,people's ,liberation ,army
 and other security forces wounded and  
killed thousands of innocent people2    
,whereas thousands of people throughout 
,china who were suspected of taking part
 in the democracy movement were arrested
 and sentenced without trial2 ,whereas  
the ,government of the ,people's        
,republic of ,china has become          
increasingly sophisticated in its       
persecution of religious groups1 human  
rights and democracy advocates1 and     
ethnic minorities2 ,whereas the         
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china kidnapped ,dr4 ,wang          
,bingzhang1 a ,united ,states permanent 
resident and one of the founders of the 
,chinese democracy movement1 and        
sentenced him to life in prison on      
charges of espionage and terrorism in a 
closed trial1 and whose detention was   
declared arbitrary by the ,united       

,nations ,working ,group on ,arbitrary  
,detention2 ,whereas the ,government of 
the ,people's ,republic of ,china       
continues to--  7#a7 take active        
measures to deny citizens information   
regarding the ,tiananmen ,square        
massacre1 and continues to suppress     
access to information about the event on
 the ,internet2  7#b7 harass1 detain1 or
 imprison members of the ,chinese       
democracy movement and other advocates  
for democratic reform1 human rights1 and
 religious freedom2  7#c7 oppress and   
persecute the peaceful1 spiritual       
movement of ,falun ,gong and its leaders
 and practitioners2 and  7#d7 restrict  
and censor free speech on the ,internet2
 and  ,whereas ,june #d1 #bjac1 is the  
#bdth anniversary of the ,tiananmen     
,square massacre3 ,now1 therefore1 be it
  ,that the ,house of ,representatives--
  7#a7 expresses sympathy and           
condolences to the families of the      
victims who were killed1 wounded1       
tortured1 or imprisoned resulting from  

their participation in the              
demonstrations in ,tiananmen ,square1   
,beijing1 in the ,people's ,republic of 
,china on ,june #c1 #aihi1 and ,june #d1
 #aihi1 and to the families of those who
 continue to face persecution1 torture1 
or imprisonment as a result of their    
involvement with those demonstrations2  
7#b7 commends and honors the advocates  
who continue to struggle for democracy  
and human rights in ,china1 despite the 
harsh consequences they face2  7#c7     
condemns the continued persecution and  
oppression of peaceful religious        
minorities1 such as ,buddhists1 the     
,uyghur people1 ,falun ,gong            
practitioners1 and other spiritual      
movements2  7#d7 condemns the ongoing   
human rights abuses and persecution by  
the ,government of the ,people's        
,republic of ,china and its efforts to  
quell political dissent and oppress     
religious minorities2 and  7#e7 calls on
 the ,government of the ,people's       
,republic of ,china to--  7,a7 end the  

harassment1 detention1 torture1 and     
imprisonment of ,chinese citizens       
expressing their legitimate freedom of  
religion1 expression1 and association2  
7,b7 release the remaining prisoners of 
conscience who continue to be detained  
as a result of their participation in   
the peaceful pro-democracy              
demonstrations in #aihi1 especially     
around ,tiananmen ,square2  7,c7 end the
 targeted persecution and oppression of 
the ,uyghur community1 particularly the 
suppression of their religious faith2   
7,d7 end the persecution of ,falun ,gong
 practitioners by the ,government of the
 ,people's ,republic of ,china and      
,chinese authorities2 and  7,e7 release 
,united ,states permanent resident ,dr4 
,wang ,bingzhang1 a long-time peaceful  
democracy activist1 who was sentenced to
 life in prison on charges of terrorism 
and espionage1 whose daughter1 son1 and 
sister are ,united ,states citizens4