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A memorial service was held in Statuary Hall to honor Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Tom Lantos (D-CA) who died on February 11, 2008, in Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Maryland. Mem…

Congressional leaders and President Bush paid tribute to the Dalai Lama, praised his message of non-violence and compassion, and presented him with the Congressional Gold Medal. Several spea…

Chinese pro-democracy activist Yang Jianli, who had recently completed a five-year prison term in China, spoke publicly for the first time since returning to the United States on Saturday, A…

Witnesses testified about the state of human rights in China focusing on issues such as China’s one-child policy, religious freedoms, and U.S. efforts to intercede in several human rights ca…

Officials testified about humanitarian conditions in Afghanistan, the extent of the refugee crisis caused by civil war and U.S. military action against the Taliban, and efforts to provide as…

Members of the House of Representatives debated the extension of most favored nation trade status for China. The extension of most favored nation trade status, favored by the Bush administra…

The Congressional Human Rights Caucus sponsored a rally in front of the U.S. Capitol to observe the second anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China, when a student demonstration…

The Congressional Human Rights Caucus conducted a hearing to investigate alleged Iraqi human rights violations in occupied Kuwait. Cases of rape, execution, imprisonment and the destruction …

The subcommittees on Asian and Pacific Affairs, on Human Rights and International Organizations, and on International Economic Policy and Trade met to review the Most Favored Nation tariff s…

The subcommittee met to hear testimony from the State Department concerning the reports on human rights practices for 1989 and to discuss the U.S. human rights policy.

The subcommittee heard testimony examining U.S. policy regarding human rights conditions in Tibet, in light of reported Peoples Republic of China (PRC) government repression following a 1987…

Witnesses testified on the Reagan Administration’s human rights policy.