,,iv  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #dde  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,july #ac1 #bjag,mr4
 ,meadows 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1
 and ,mr4 ,smith of ,new ,jersey7       
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs  ,,resolution         
,honoring the life and legacy of ,liu   
,xiaobo for his steadfast commitment to 
the protection of human rights1         
political freedoms1 free markets1       
democratic elections1 government        
accountability1 and peaceful change in  
the ,people's ,republic of ,china4      
,whereas ,liu ,xiaobo was born on       
,december #bh1 #aiee1 in ,changchun1    
,china2 ,whereas ,liu ,xiaobo received  
his bachelor's degree in literature from
 ,jilin ,university in #aihb1 his       
master's degree at ,beijing ,normal     
,university in #aihd1 and his doctorate 
degree in #aihh in literature1 after    
publishing several best-selling books   
over the course of pursuing his         

doctorate degree2 ,whereas ,liu ,xiaobo 
began his work as a visiting lecturer at
 universities across the world1         
including ,columbia ,university in ,new 
,york ,city2 ,whereas over the tenure of
 his career1 ,liu ,xiaobo authored #ah  
major publications2 ,whereas ,liu       
,xiaobo was active in the ,tiananmen    
,square protests1 where he initiated the
 ,tiananmen ,four ,gentlemen ,hunger    
,strike1 which lasted three days2       
,whereas ,liu ,xiaobo has been credited 
for saving many students' lives by      
helping to negotiate their evacuation of
 the square2 ,whereas ,liu ,xiaobo was  
detained and jailed for his role in the 
protests 7#aihi-aiia71 and then jailed  
again for advocating that the ,chinese  
government redress its wrongdoings in   
the student protest 7#aiif-aiii72       
,whereas ,liu ,xiaobo married ,liu ,xia 
in #aiif1 who has stood bravely by his  
side as a partner and fellow activist2  
,whereas1 on ,december #i1 #bjjh1 a     
diverse group of more than #cjj ,chinese

 scholars1 writers1 lawyers1 and        
activists issued ,charter #jh1 a        
manifesto calling on the ,chinese       
,communist ,party to abandon            
authoritarian rule in favor of          
democracy1 the guarantee of human       
rights1 and the rule of law2 ,whereas   
,liu ,xiaobo was one of the original    
drafters of ,charter #jh and was taken  
into custody just days before the       
manifesto was released2 ,whereas in     
,december #bjji1 a ,beijing court       
sentenced ,liu ,xiaobo to #aa years in  
prison for inciting subversion of state 
power for his involvement in drafting   
,charter #jh2 ,whereas ,liu ,xiaobo was 
awarded the ,nobel ,peace ,prize on     
,october #h1 #bjaj1 for his long and    
non-violent struggle for fundamental    
human rights in ,china2 ,whereas ,liu   
,xiaobo's wife1 ,liu ,xia1 has been held
 in extra-legal home confinement since  
,october #bjaj1 two weeks after her     
husband's ,nobel ,peace ,prize award was
 announced1 and has reportedly suffered 

severe health problems over the years   
which required hospitalization2 ,whereas
 in ,may #bjaa1 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 ,rights2 ,whereas
 ,liu ,xiaobo has also received over a  
dozen awards and honors from several    
international groups for his work as a  
defender of the press1 an outstanding   
democratic activist1 and a defender of  
human rights2 ,whereas ,liu ,xiaobo was 
diagnosed with terminal liver cancer in 
,may #bjag2 ,whereas ,liu ,xiaobo died  
on ,july #ac1 #bjag1 while serving his  
#aa-year prison sentence2 and ,whereas  
,liu ,xiaobo dedicated his life to human
 rights1 not only in his own country1   
but across the globe2  ,that the ,house 
of ,representatives-- 7#a7 recognizes   
the life and accomplishments of ,liu    
,xiaobo2 and  7#b7 calls for the        

,chinese government to release ,liu     
,xiaobo's wife1 ,liu ,xia1 from house   
arrest1 and allow her to settle in a    
place or country of her own choosing4