Calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to change the venue of the 2008 Olympic Games unless the People's Republic of China makes significant progress in ending human rights abuses.
Latest action · May 16, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Relations.
Progress
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- IntroducedApr 28, 2005
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Recognizes the ongoing abuse by the People's Republic of China of the most basic of human rights.
Urges the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to change the venue of the 2008 Olympic Games unless China makes significant progress to end human rights abuses, including by: (1) ending its one-child policy; (2) halting its persecution of North Korean refugees and releasing humanitarian workers that it has jailed; (3) discontinuing its intimidation of Taiwan's citizens; (4) making public the number of execution that are carried out each year; (5) halting the practice of parading prisoners through the streets prior to executing them; and (6) no longer holding public executions in stadiums filled with spectators.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 28, 2005 to May 24, 2005, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | May 11, 2005 | |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | May 12, 2005 | |
| R-VA | Jo Ann Davis | May 17, 2005 | |
| R-CA | Christopher Cox | May 24, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 16, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Relations.
- May 16, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
- Apr 28, 2005Introduced in House
- Apr 28, 2005Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Abortion
- Aggression
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Capital punishment
- China
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Criminal statistics
- East Asia
- Families
- Family planning and birth control
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Health
- Human rights
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- International agencies
- International relief
- North Korea
- Olympic games
- Political prisoners
- Prisoners' rights
- Refugees
- Repatriation
- Sanctions (International law)
- Sports and Recreation
- Sterilization (Birth control)
- Taiwan
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