A resolution supporting the designation of October 30 as the "International Day of Political Prisoners".

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. Res. 472 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 472 Supporting the designation of October 30 as the ``International Day of Political Prisoners''. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 29, 2025 Mr. Wicker (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Supporting the designation of October 30 as the ``International Day of Political Prisoners''. Whereas there are an estimated 1,000,000 political prisoners throughout the world, including journalists, academics, political opposition activists, dissidents, anti-war campaigners, and human rights defenders, who have been detained, arrested, imprisoned, convicted, and otherwise punished for political motives without connection to any credible offense; Whereas authoritarian and repressive regimes around the world, including the Republic of Belarus, the People's Republic of …