HCONRES 625 · 95th Congress · International Affairs
A resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Helsinki Final Act, as well as international law, guarantees the right of the members of the Public Groups to Promote Observance of the Helsinki Agreement in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to pursue their lawful activities, and urging the President to continue to express United States opposition to the imprisonment of members of the Soviet Helsinki Groups.
Bill Progress
✓
Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on International Relations.(1978-05-18)
Plain Language Summary
[AI summary unavailable — showing source text]
Expresses the sense of Congress that, in conformity with the Helsinki Find Act, the Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and basic standards of justice, the unjustly imprisoned members and affiliates of the Soviet Helsinki Group should be granted their freedom and allowed to pursue their lawful activities in behalf of basic human rights. Urges the President, the Secretary of State, and other appropriate executive branch officials to continue to express at every suitable opportunity and in the strongest terms the opposition of the United States to the imprisonment of the Helsinki Group members.…
Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only
Cosponsors (18)
18 Republicans