HRES 1066 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Calling for the immediate release of Mahmood Habibi, a United States citizen, who was wrongfully detained by the Taliban on August 10, 2022, and condemning the wrongful detention of United States citizens by the Taliban.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 7, 2024 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 7, 2024
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

This resolution calls on the Taliban to immediately and unconditionally release Mahmood Habibi and all other U.S. detainees in Afghanistan. It also calls on the Taliban to respect Mahmood Habibi's human rights and to provide full, unfettered, and consistent health and safety visits to him while in detention. Mr. Habibi is an American citizen and Afghan native who was the head of the Afghanistan civil aviation authority prior to his detention by the Taliban on August 10, 2022.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 19, 2024.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Apr 19, 2024

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 7, 2024Introduced in House
  2. Mar 7, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 7, 2024Introduced in House

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