,h4 ,,res4 #cic ,in the ,house of ,representatives1 ,u4 ,s41 ,june #d1 #bjai ,,resolution ,whereas1 on ,june #d1 #aihi1 a violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrations held in and around ,beijing's ,tiananmen ,square was carried out by the ,people's ,liberation ,army1 following orders given by the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china2 ,whereas an estimated #a1jjj1jjj people joined the protests in ,tiananmen ,square and citizens in over #djj ,chinese cities staged similar protests calling for democratic reform1 including not only students1 but also government employees1 journalists1 workers1 police officers1 members of the armed forces1 and other citizens2 ,whereas the peaceful demonstrations of #aihi called upon the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china to eliminate corruption1 accelerate economic and political reform1 and protect human rights1 particularly the freedoms of expression and assembly1 issues that remain relevant in ,united ,states-,china relations #cj years later2 ,whereas the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china takes active measures to deny its citizens the truth about the ,tiananmen ,square massacre1 including the blocking of uncensored internet sites and social media commentary on microblog and other messaging services1 and the placement of misleading information on the events of ,june #c and #d1 #aihi1 on internet sites available in ,china2 ,whereas1 on ,may #bj1 #aihi1 martial law was declared in ,beijing1 ,china1 after authorities had failed to persuade demonstrators to leave ,tiananmen ,square2 ,whereas during the late afternoon and early evening hours of ,june #c1 #aihi1 thousands of armed troops1 supported by tanks and other armor1 moved into ,beijing and surrounding streets2 ,whereas1 on the night of ,june #c1 #aihi1 and continuing into the morning of ,june #d1 #aihi1 soldiers fired into crowds1 inflicting high casualties on the demonstrators and injuring many unarmed civilians2 ,whereas tanks crushed to death some protesters and onlookers and seriously injured many others2 ,whereas independent observers reported that hundreds1 perhaps thousands1 were killed and wounded by ,people's ,liberation ,army soldiers and other security forces in ,beijing and other cities in ,china2 ,whereas tens of thousands were detained and sent to prison or reeducation through labor1 often without trial and many were tortured and imprisoned for decades2 ,whereas the ,tiananmen ,mothers is a group of relatives and friends of those killed in ,june #aihi whose demands include the right to mourn victims publicly and who call for a full1 public1 and independent accounting of the wounded1 dead1 and those imprisoned for participating in the spring #aihi demonstrations2 ,whereas members of the ,tiananmen ,mothers group have faced arrest1 harassment1 and discrimination1 with the group's website blocked in ,china and the freezing by ,chinese authorities of international cash donations made to the group to support families of victims2 ,whereas despite the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china's integration into the international economic system and its obligations under international treaties and covenants1 the political reforms and the protection of universally recognized rights sought by the ,tiananmen demonstrators have not been realized during the past #cj years2 ,whereas the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china continues to actively suppress universally recognized rights by imprisoning or restricting the activities of pro-democracy activists1 human rights lawyers1 citizen journalists1 labor union leaders1 religious believers1 members of ethnic minorities1 and individuals in the ,xinjiang and ,tibetan regions1 among many others who seek to express their political or religious views or their ethnic identity in a peaceful manner1 including in ,hong ,kong where the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china has increasingly exerted influence1 eroding freedoms there1 and placing its special status at risk2 ,whereas the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china continues to harass1 disappear1 and detain peaceful advocates for human rights1 religious freedom1 ethnic minority rights and the rule of law1 and their family members1 such as ,ilham ,tohti1 ,gao ,zhisheng1 ,wang ,bingzhang1 ,lobsang ,tsering1 ,yang ,maodong 7also known as ,guo ,feixiong71 ,liu ,xianbin1 ,qin ,yongmin1 ,wu ,gan1 ,zhang ,haitao1 ,wang ,quanzhang1 ,tashi ,wangchug1 ,tang ,jingling1 ,liu ,feiyue1 ,wang ,yi1 ,jiang ,rong1 ,cao ,yuguang1 ,abdurehim ,heyit1 ,eziz ,emet1 ,hebibulla ,tohti1 ,drugdra1 ,lobsang ,gephel1 ,sonam ,dargye1 ,thardoe ,gyaltsen1 ,gulmira ,imin1 and ,huang ,qi1 among many others2 ,whereas according to the ,political ,prisoner ,database maintained by the ,united ,states ,congressional-,executive ,commission on ,china1 the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china continues to detain over #a1ejj political and religious prisoners1 though the number is presumed to be much higher2 ,whereas ,nobel ,peace ,prize laureate and prominent advocate for human rights and political reform ,liu ,xiaobo died in state custody in #bjag1 the first ,nobel ,peace ,prize laureate to die in state custody since ,carl ,von ,ossietzky died in #aich after being detained by the ,nazi ,german government2 ,whereas over a million ,uyghurs1 ,kazakhs1 and other ethnic and religious minorities are interned in political reeducation camps in ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region and elsewhere in ,china and are subjected to the forced renunciation of faith1 torture1 and forced assimilation of their language and culture through actions that may constitute crimes against humanity2 ,whereas the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china harasses1 detains1 and tortures human rights lawyers who take on cases deemed politically sensitive2 prevents ,chinese workers from forming independent unions and engages in an ongoing crackdown on labor advocates1 organizations1 and their supporters2 restricts severely the religious activity of ,protestants1 ,catholics1 ,tibetan ,buddhists1 and ,turkic ,muslims and has sought to eradicate ,falun ,gong practice in ,china2 vilifies publicly and refuses to negotiate with ,his ,holiness the ,dalai ,lama or his representatives over ,tibetan issues and asserts control over the reincarnation process through which the next ,dalai ,lama will be recognized2 repatriates forcibly refugees to ,north ,korea and pressures neighboring governments to repatriate refugees from ,china who reach their territory in contravention of the international legal principle of non-refoulement2 restricts the activities of and detains citizen journalists2 and continues to limit the size of ,chinese families2 ,whereas the protection of universally recognized human rights1 in law and practice1 would allow the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china to establish more stable economic1 political1 and security relations with its neighbors and the ,united ,states2 and ,whereas this historical episode has had an enduring impact on ,united ,states-,china relations-- 7#a7 because there has been no justice for those who lost their lives seeking freedom and political reform during the ,spring of #aihi2 7#b7 because the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china censors research1 discussion and commemoration of ,tiananmen in ,china2 7#c7 because the demonstrations showed that the ideas of democracy and freedom1 human rights and the rule of law are not foreign to the people of ,china2 7#d7 because the demonstrations and their violent suppression showed the lengths to which the leaders of the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china will go to suppress universally recognized rights and to maintain their hold on power2 and 7#e7 because1 despite persistent1 ongoing1 and sometimes brutal repression1 there continue to be ,chinese citizens bravely seeking to exercise universally recognized human rights1 ensure the rule of law1 and promote political reform thus carrying on the legacy of the ,tiananmen demonstrations3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7 expresses sympathy and solidarity to the families of those killed1 tortured1 and imprisoned for their participation in the pro-democracy demonstrations during the spring of #aihi in ,beijing and in other cities across the ,people's ,republic of ,china2 7#b7 supports the leaders of the ,tiananmen demonstrations and all those who peacefully sought political reform1 democratic transparency1 the rule of law1 and protections for universally recognized human rights in ,china2 7#c7 calls on the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china to-- 7,a7 support a full1 transparent1 and independent accounting of the government's actions and number of deaths that occurred during the violent suppression of the spring #aihi ,tiananmen demonstrations2 7,b7 rehabilitate the reputations of those who participated in the demonstrations and those detained for seeking to commemorate the anniversary of the demonstrations2 and 7,c7 cease the censoring of information and discussion about the ,tiananmen ,square massacre1 including at ,confucius ,institutes worldwide2 7#d7 calls on the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china to allow ,tiananmen demonstration participants who escaped to or are living in exile in the ,united ,states and other countries1 or who reside outside of ,china because they have been blacklisted in ,china as a result of their peaceful protest activity1 to return to ,china without risk of repercussions or retribution2 and 7#e7 condemns the ongoing restrictions on universally recognized human rights by the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china and its efforts to quell peaceful political dissent1 censor the internet1 brutally suppress ethnic and religious minorities1 and detain and torture lawyers and rights advocates seeking the ,government's commitment1 in law and practice1 to international human rights treaties and covenants to which it is a party and that are reflected in the ,chinese constitution4 ,clerk4