Calling on the United Arab Emirates to immediately end any form of human rights violations against political prisoners and prisoners of free speech, and for other purposes.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 524 Calling on the United Arab Emirates to immediately end any form of human rights violations against political prisoners and prisoners of free speech, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 25, 2019 Mr. CLAY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Calling on the United Arab Emirates to immediately end any form of human rights violations against political prisoners and prisoners of free speech, and for other purposes. Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) calls on the United Arab Emirates to imme- 2 diately end any form of human rights violations, 3 such as torture, the denial of access to health care, 4 or the absence of fair trials, committed against polit- 5 ical prisoners or individuals imprisoned for exer- 6 cising their right to freedom of speech; 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:37 Jul 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR524.IH HR524 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 524 IH (2) calls for the immediate closure, with or 1 without the prior withdrawal of forces of the United 2 Arab Emirates from Yemen, of any ‘‘secret’’ jail 3 under the control of the United Arab Emirates in 4 Yemen; and 5 (3) expresses the sense of the House of Rep- 6 resentatives that any individual, including any mem- 7 ber of the armed services, of the United Arab Emir- 8 ates involved in war crimes against prisoners or tor- 9 ture should be appropriately prosecuted by that 10 country. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:37 Jul 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR524.IH HR524 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS