legislation: 96-hconres-272

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96-hconres-272 96 hconres 272 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Andrei Sakharov should be released from internal exile, urging the President to protest the continued suppression of human rights in the Soviet Union, and for other purposes. Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 1980-02-05 1980-02-19 Measure passed Senate, roll call #42 (91-0). House Rep. Bonker, Don [D-WA-3] WA D B000620 81 Expresses the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should release Andrei Sakharov from internal exile immediately. Urges the President to: (1) protest Sakharov's exile and the continued suppression of human rights in the Soviet Union; (2) call upon other nations to join in such protests and impose sanctions against the Soviet Union; and (3) inform Helsinki signatory governments that the U.S. delegation intends to raise these violations at the 1980 Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe review meeting. 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z  

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