On June 15, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 379-0 to condemn Beijing's continued detention of Chinese-born academics who are U.S. citizens or residents and called for their immediate release. The measure also called on President Bush to appoint a personal, special envoy to go to Beijing to intervene on these cases at the highest levels -- one of HRW's key recommendations.
U.S. Pressures Beijing on Detained Scholars
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