| 1 | 1 | | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION House Resolution No. 41Introduced by Assembly Member Mayes(Coauthors: Assembly Members Gabriel, Blanca Rubio, and Ward)April 27, 2021 Relative to human rights of Uyghurs. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTHR 41, as introduced, Mayes. Digest KeyBill TextWHEREAS, The Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, in cooperation with the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, released a detailed report on the treatment of the Uyghur population by the Chinese government in response to emerging accounts of serious and systematic atrocities in the Xinjiang province; andWHEREAS, Dozens of experts in international law, genocide studies, and Chinese ethnic policies were invited to examine all available evidence that could be collected and verified from public Chinese state communications, leaked Chinese state communications, eyewitness testimony, and open-source research methods, such as public satellite image analysis, and any other available source; andWHEREAS, This report concludes that the Peoples Republic of China breached the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; andWHEREAS, In 2018, Xinjiang authorities began building a vast and more permanent infrastructure of detention compounds, including new facilities designed to be cavernous to prevent natural light and surrounded by concrete walls, guard towers, and heavy barbed wire. Researchers have verified over 380 detention sites across Xinjiang that were newly built or significantly expanded since 2017; andWHEREAS, There are reports of mass death and deaths of prominent Uyghur leaders selectively sentenced to death by execution or by long-term imprisonment; andWHEREAS, China has simultaneously pursued a dual systematic strategy of forcibly sterilizing Uyghur women of childbearing age and interning Uyghur men of childbearing years, preventing the regenerative capacity of the group and evincing an intent to biologically destroy the Uyghur population; andWHEREAS, In a display of international solidarity, on March 22, 2021, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Canada jointly condemned Beijings human rights abuses and territorial aggression and levied sanctions on those individuals involved; andWHEREAS, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken described the Chinese campaign against Uyghurs as crimes against humanity and genocide; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the Peoples Republic of China should release the estimated 2,000,000 imprisoned Uyghurs and grant access to foreign press and the United Nations to the detention camps in Xinjiang; and be it furtherResolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution. |
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| 3 | 3 | | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION House Resolution No. 41Introduced by Assembly Member Mayes(Coauthors: Assembly Members Gabriel, Blanca Rubio, and Ward)April 27, 2021 Relative to human rights of Uyghurs. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTHR 41, as introduced, Mayes. Digest Key |
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| 9 | 9 | | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION |
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| 11 | 11 | | House Resolution |
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| 13 | 13 | | No. 41 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Introduced by Assembly Member Mayes(Coauthors: Assembly Members Gabriel, Blanca Rubio, and Ward)April 27, 2021 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced by Assembly Member Mayes(Coauthors: Assembly Members Gabriel, Blanca Rubio, and Ward) |
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| 18 | 18 | | April 27, 2021 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Relative to human rights of Uyghurs. |
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| 22 | 22 | | LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST |
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| 24 | 24 | | ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST |
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| 26 | 26 | | HR 41, as introduced, Mayes. |
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| 30 | 30 | | ## Digest Key |
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| 32 | 32 | | ## Bill Text |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, The Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, in cooperation with the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, released a detailed report on the treatment of the Uyghur population by the Chinese government in response to emerging accounts of serious and systematic atrocities in the Xinjiang province; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | WHEREAS, Dozens of experts in international law, genocide studies, and Chinese ethnic policies were invited to examine all available evidence that could be collected and verified from public Chinese state communications, leaked Chinese state communications, eyewitness testimony, and open-source research methods, such as public satellite image analysis, and any other available source; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | WHEREAS, This report concludes that the Peoples Republic of China breached the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | WHEREAS, In 2018, Xinjiang authorities began building a vast and more permanent infrastructure of detention compounds, including new facilities designed to be cavernous to prevent natural light and surrounded by concrete walls, guard towers, and heavy barbed wire. Researchers have verified over 380 detention sites across Xinjiang that were newly built or significantly expanded since 2017; and |
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| 42 | 42 | | WHEREAS, There are reports of mass death and deaths of prominent Uyghur leaders selectively sentenced to death by execution or by long-term imprisonment; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | WHEREAS, China has simultaneously pursued a dual systematic strategy of forcibly sterilizing Uyghur women of childbearing age and interning Uyghur men of childbearing years, preventing the regenerative capacity of the group and evincing an intent to biologically destroy the Uyghur population; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | WHEREAS, In a display of international solidarity, on March 22, 2021, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Canada jointly condemned Beijings human rights abuses and territorial aggression and levied sanctions on those individuals involved; and |
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| 48 | 48 | | WHEREAS, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken described the Chinese campaign against Uyghurs as crimes against humanity and genocide; now, therefore, be it |
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| 50 | 50 | | Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the Peoples Republic of China should release the estimated 2,000,000 imprisoned Uyghurs and grant access to foreign press and the United Nations to the detention camps in Xinjiang; and be it further |
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| 52 | 52 | | Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution. |
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