Calling for the immediate release of all political prisoners in Cuba, including Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, and for other purposes.

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HCONRES 16

Introduced

Jan 28, 2003

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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

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Caribbean area Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Cuba Democracy Embargo Foreign Trade and International Finance Freedom of association Freedom of speech Government Operations and Politics Health Human rights International Affairs Latin America Physicians Political parties Political prisoners Right to travel

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Summary

Expresses the sense of Congress that the embargo of Cuba should not be lifted until the Cuban Government agrees to decriminalize free speech, association, and movement, and other elements crucial to the development of democracy and the protection of fundamental human rights.

Calls on the Cuban Government to: (1) immediately release all political prisoners in Cuba, including Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet; (2) eliminate all of Cuba's criminal laws that unnecessarily restrict the fundamental human rights to freedom of speech, association, and movement; and (3) respect fundamental human rights and free multiparty and internationally supervised elections in Cuba.

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Jan 28, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Jan 28, 2003

Introduced in House

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