,,iii ,calendar ,no4 #chc #aacth        
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 ,,res4   
#dea  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the    
,,united ,,states  ,may #ae1 #bjad,mr4  
,barrasso 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 and
 ,mr4 ,durbin7 submitted the following  
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,may 
#bj1 #bjad,reported by ,mr4 ,menendez1  
without amendment  ,,resolution         
,recalling the ,government of ,china's  
forcible dispersion of those peaceably  
assembled in ,tiananmen ,square #be     
years ago1 in light of ,china's         
continued abysmal human rights record4  
,whereas1 in #aihi1 ,chinese citizens   
involved in a peaceful democratic       
movement gathered in ,tiananmen ,square 
to call for the establishment of a      
dialogue with their government on       
democratic reforms1 including freedom of
 expression and freedom of assembly2    
,whereas1 on ,june #d1 #aihi1 ,chinese  
authorities ordered the ,people's       
,liberation ,army and other security    

forces to use lethal force to disperse  
demonstrators in ,tiananmen ,square2    
,whereas the number of peaceful         
protesters killed or injured by the     
forcible dispersion remains unknown to  
this day2 ,whereas1 #be years after     
these deaths1 there has been no         
accountability on the part of the       
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china in disciplining involved      
officials2 ,whereas there remain        
imprisoned to this day individuals who  
expressed their desire for democracy in 
,china #be years ago in ,tiananmen      
,square2 ,whereas the ,department of    
,state's most recent human rights report
 on ,china found that citizens did not  
have the right to change their          
government2 ,whereas1 even in recent    
weeks1 the ,government of the ,people's 
,republic of ,china has detained those  
who attempt to peacefully commemorate   
the events of ,june #aihi1 including    
activists such as ,pu ,zhiqiang and ,wen
 ,kejian2 ,whereas the ,department of   

,state's most recent human rights report
 on ,china found extrajudicial killings 
remained a problem in ,china2 ,whereas  
the ,department of ,state's most recent 
human rights report on ,china found the 
government continued to target for      
arbitrary detention or arresthuman      
rights activists1 journalists ''' and   
former political prisoners and their    
family members2 and ,whereas ,june #d1  
#bjad1 is the #beth anniversary of the  
,tiananmen ,square massacre3 ,now1      
therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate--    
7#a7 expresses sympathy to the families 
of those killed1 tortured1 and          
imprisoned as a result of their         
participation in the democracy gathering
 on ,june #d1 #aihi1 in ,tiananmen      
,square1 ,beijing1 in the ,people's     
,republic of ,china2  7#b7 commends all 
peaceful advocates for democracy and    
human rights in ,china2  7#c7 condemns  
the ongoing and egregious human rights  
abuses by the ,communist ,government of 
the ,people's ,republic of ,china2  7#d7

 calls on the ,communist ,government of 
the ,people's ,republic of ,china to--  
7,a7 release all prisoners of           
conscience1 including those persons     
still in prison as a result of their    
participation in the peaceful           
pro-democracy gatherings of #aihi and   
those detained for their commemoration  
of these events2  7,b7 allow those      
people exiled on account of their       
activities to return to live in freedom 
in ,china2 and  7,c7 cease the          
harassment1 detention1 and imprisonment 
of all ,chinese citizens exercising     
their freedoms of expression1           
association1 and religion2 and  7#e7    
calls upon the ,united ,states          
representative at the ,united ,nations  
,human ,rights ,council to introduce a  
resolution in that forum calling for an 
examination of the human rights         
practices of the ,government of the     
,people's ,republic of ,china4  ,may    
#bj1 #bjad,reported without amendment