HRES 736 · 109th Congress · International Affairs
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that legal action in Afghanistan against citizens who have already converted or plan to convert to other religions is deplorable and unjust.
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EnactedLatest: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.(2006-03-29)
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Condemns the enforcement of laws against apostasy. Requests the President to continue to work with the government of Afghanistan to establish better protections for religious minorities, including converts to minority religions, and to enhance human rights protections in Afghanistan. Calls upon the government of Afghanistan, and especially President Hamid Karzai, to continue to conform Afghan laws to Afghanistan's international human rights treaty obligations, thereby protecting from prosecution Afghan citizens who have converted or plan to convert to other religions.…
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2 Democrats10 Republicans