Calling for the immediate release of all political prisoners in Cuba, including Mr. Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia, and for other purposes.
Latest action · May 24, 2005 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 24, 2005
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Calls on the Cuban Government to: (1) immediately release all political prisoners in Cuba, including Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia; (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.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred May 24, 2005 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 24, 2005Introduced in House
- May 24, 2005Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Research
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CRS reports 1
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Cite it 1
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| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL32730 | Cuba: Issues for the 109th Congress Archived | Report | Dec 19, 2006 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Calling for the immediate release of all political prisoners in Cuba, including Mr. Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Caribbean area
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Cuba
- Democracy
- Dissenters
- Embargo
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Freedom of association
- Freedom of speech
- Government Operations and Politics
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- Latin America
- Political parties
- Political prisoners
- Right to travel
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 24, 2005Introduced in House
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