Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the practice of politically motivated imprisonment of women around the world and calling on governments for the immediate release of women who are political prisoners.

S. Res. 724 · 116th Congress · Sep 24, 2020 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the Senate—

(1)

supports women who are being unjustly detained around the world;

(2)

affirms that a government should never detain its citizens for exercising the rights of freedom of assembly, association, and speech;

(3)

calls on governments that are unjustly detaining women for exercising their fundamental rights to immediately and unconditionally release these political prisoners; and

(4)

urges the United States Government, in all its interactions with foreign governments—

(A)

to raise individual cases of women political prisoners; and

(B)

press for their immediate release.

Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the practice of politically motivated imprisonment of women around the world and calling on governments for the immediate release of women who are political prisoners.

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