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That the Senate— condemns the crackdown carried out in Hong Kong by the Government of the People's Republic of China, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the Chinese Communist Party under the illegitimate and arbitrary pretext of national security and notes that the crackdown violates the legal obligations of that Government under— the international, legally binding Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong, done at Beijing December 19, 1984 (in this resolution referred to as the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984 ); and the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, adopted April 4, 1990 (in this resolution referred to as the Hong Kong Basic Law ); expresses solidarity with the people of Hong Kong, including pro-democracy advocates, independent journalists, lawyers, people of faith, and other targeted groups in Hong Kong; calls on the United States Government to use all diplomatic means and economic tools available, including targeted sanctions and measures provided for in the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 ( Public Law 116–76 ; 22 U.S.C. 5701 note) and the Hong Kong Autonomy Act ( Public Law 116–149 ; 22 U.S.C. 5701 note), to— impose costs on Chinese Communist Party officials, officials of the Government of the People's Republic of China, and officials of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region responsible for— the criminalization of political dissent under the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (in this resolution referred to as the national security law ); and the implementation of the national security law; provide refuge and safe harbor to those Hong Kongers at risk for persecution, including by designating such individuals as Priority 2 refugees of special humanitarian concern; demand the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners in Hong Kong, including Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, Jimmy Lai, Martin Lee, Margaret Ng, Lee Cheuk-yan, Leung Kwok-hung, Benny Tai, Tony Chung, the Hong Kong 12, and all others who have been arrested or detained on account of acts of political expression or speech, and press for all charges against those individuals to be dropped; and demand the revocation of the political oaths required of civil servants and candidates for district councilor and the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, the reinstatement of the previously disqualified members of the Legislative Council, and the revision of election laws to ensure consistency with Article 26 of the Hong Kong Basic Law; calls on the United States Government, as it contemplates future bilateral or multilateral agreements with the Government of the People’s Republic of China, to take into full consideration the fact that the Government of the People's Republic of China is failing to honor its clear obligations under the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984; and calls on the United States Government to urge the International Olympic Committee to consider relocating the 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing to another suitable host city located outside of China, on account of the flagrant violations of human rights committed by the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party in mainland China, Hong Kong, the Tibet Autonomous Region and other Tibetan areas, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and elsewhere.
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