,,iii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #fgg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #af
 7legislative day1 ,april #ad71         
#bjbf,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,cruz1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4 ,grassley1 ,mr4
 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,mc,connell1 ,mr4        
,merkley1 ,mrs4 ,capito1 ,ms4           
,alsobrooks1 ,mr4 ,ricketts1 ,mr4 ,van  
,hollen1 ,mr4 ,budd1 and ,mr4 ,curtis7  
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,relations  ,,resolution       
,expressing the sense of the ,senate    
that the ,president should prioritize   
securing the release of ,pastor ,jin    
,mingri1 ,pastor ,gao ,quanfu and his   
wife ,pang ,yu1 ,dr4 ,gulshan ,abbas1   
and ,jimmy ,lai detained by the         
,people's ,republic of ,china during    
future engagements with ,chinese        
,president ,xi ,jinping4  ,whereas the  
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china has arrested ,chinese1        
,american1 and ,british citizens for the

 peaceful expression of speech or       
religion1 or such acts by family        
members2 ,whereas such arrests have been
 widely condemned by the international  
community and human rights              
organizations1 with repeated calls for  
the release of the detainees2 ,whereas1 
on ,may #ag1 #bjbe1 ,pastor ,gao ,quanfu
 of the ,light of ,zion ,church in      
,xi'an ,province was detained and is    
being held on charges of using          
superstitious activities to undermine   
the implementation of law and fraud2    
,whereas ,pastor ,gao's wife1 ,pang ,yu1
 who was subsequently detained on ,june 
#g1 #bjbe1 remains held despite holding 
no official position in the church1 and 
has been denied access to critical      
prescription medication2 ,whereas1 on or
 about ,october #aj1 #bjbe1 authorities 
of the ,people's ,republic of ,china    
detained ,pastor ,jin ,mingri1 founder  
of ,zion ,church1 along with other      
church leaders1 on equally dubious      
charges of illegal use of information   

networks2 ,whereas ,pastor ,jin         
continues to be detained without access 
to critical medications to treat        
diabetes or contact with family members 
in the ,people's ,republic of ,china and
 the ,united ,states2 ,whereas1 on      
,november #g1 #bjbe1 the ,senate        
unanimously passed ,senate ,resolution  
#dfc1 calling for the immediate and     
unconditional release of all detained   
members of ,zion ,church1 including     
,pastor ,jin and for the ,government of 
the ,people's ,republic of ,china to end
 harassment and intimidation of the     
relatives of ,zion church members and   
their relatives2 ,whereas ,gulshan      
,abbas1 a retired medical doctor and    
grandmother1 was forcibly disappeared on
 ,september #aa1 #bjah1 shortly after   
her sister1 a ,united ,states citizen1  
publicly criticized the treatment of    
,uyghurs by the ,government of the      
,people's ,republic of ,china2 ,whereas 
,dr4 ,abbas was later sentenced to #bj  
years following secret proceedings on   

charges that independent observers and  
human rights organizations have         
characterized as politically motivated2 
,whereas the prolonged detention of ,dr4
 ,abbas raises grave concerns regarding 
her health1 wellbeing1 and access to due
 process1 as she suffers from severe    
high blood pressure and osteoporosis1   
among other conditions2 ,whereas1 on    
,july #be1 #bjbd1 the ,committee on     
,appropriations of the ,senate          
unanimously passed an amendment to      
,senate ,bill #dgig1 #aahth ,congress1  
restricting ,united ,states visas for   
,government officials of the ,people's  
,republic of ,china about whom the      
,secretary of ,state has credible       
information have been involved in the   
wrongful detention of ,gulshan ,abbas2  
,whereas1 in #aiie1 ,jimmy ,lai founded 
the ,apple ,daily newspaper in ,hong    
,kong and subsequently faced repeated   
harassment and arrest1 including a #fi  
month sentence in #bjbb1 on dubious     
fraud charges and a subsequent #bj year 

sentence in ,february #bjbf1 on equally 
dubious national security charges2      
,whereas1 in ,december #bjbe1 ,president
 ,donald ,trump said he had asked       
,chinese ,president ,xi ,jinping to     
consider releasing ,jimmy ,lai2         
,whereas1 on ,december #d1 #bjbe1 ,house
 ,resolution #icj was introduced        
commemorating ,jimmy ,lai and calling on
 authorities of the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china to immediately and            
unconditionally release ,jimmy ,lai and 
all other ,hong ,kong pro-democracy     
advocates unjustly imprisoned2 and      
,whereas addressing individual cases of 
wrongful detention has historically been
 an important component of ,united      
,states diplomacy1 reflects longstanding
 bipartisan commitments to political and
 religious freedoms1 and is an important
 factor in ,united ,states bilateral    
relations3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that 
the ,senate-- 7#a7 calls upon the       
,president to prioritize securing the   
humanitarian release of ,pastor ,jin    

,mingri1 ,pastor ,gao ,quanfu and his   
wife ,pang ,yu1 ,dr4 ,gulshan ,abbas1   
,jimmy ,lai1 and other wrongly detained 
individuals on the agenda for           
engagements with ,president ,xi         
,jinping1 including the anticipated ,may
 #bjbf summit2  7#b7 urges the          
,president to seek verifiable proof of  
life and access to independent legal    
counsel1 family communication1 and      
medical care for such detainees2 and    
7#c7 reaffirms the commitment of the    
,united ,states to defend political and 
religious freedom and advocate for the  
release of those wrongfully detained for
 exercising such fundamental freedoms4