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Rod Grams: I join my colleagues urging the release of Wei Jingsheng, currently imprisoned in China for his efforts to promote…

On the recordMay 13, 1997
I join my colleagues urging the release of Wei Jingsheng, currently imprisoned in China for his efforts to promote democracy in China. Serving his second long-term sentence, Mr. Wei is seriously ill without access to proper medical care. He has served nearly 18 years in various prisons and labor camps and will not be released until 2009. It is doubtful he will last that long without medical attention. I hope the leaders of China will grant Mr. Wei's release as an humanitarian gesture that would show the world that China has a commitment to improve the human rights of its citizens.
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Rod Grams
Republican · Minnesota

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Calling for the release of Wei Jingsheng, a Chinese political prisoner, during a speech on human rights.

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