Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the violation of the human rights of United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Sigma Huda, and others, by the caretaker government of Bangladesh.
Latest action · Oct 18, 2007 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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- IntroducedOct 18, 2007
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Calls on the Secretary of State to determine if the charges brought against United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Sigma Huda, constitute a retaliation by the military-backed government of Bangladesh for her family's alleged political activities.
Asks the President to direct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to submit a resolution to the United Nations condemning the caretaker government for its human rights violations.
Proposes that the President recognize the return of democracy to Bangladesh as a high priority of U.S. foreign policy.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 23, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Oct 23, 2007 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Oct 23, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Oct 23, 2007 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Oct 23, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 18, 2007Introduced in House
- Oct 18, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Bangladesh
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Democracy
- Dissenters
- Due process of law
- Equality before the law
- Extortion
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- Law
- Political persecution
- Political prisoners
- Rule of law
- South Asia
- United Nations
- United Nations officials
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- Oct 18, 2007Introduced in House
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