Number: RL33001
Title: U.S.-China Counterterrorism Cooperation: Issues for U.S. Policy
Authors: Shirley Kan, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: In the 110th Congress, the House passed on September 17, 2007, H.Res. 497, noting that the PRC has manipulated the campaign against terrorists to increase oppression of the Uighur people, and has detained and beaten Rebiya Kadeer's children and imprisoned an ethnic Uighur Canadian. On May 22, 2008, Senator Sherrod Brown introduced the similar bill, S.Res. 574. On July 30, the House passed H.Res. 1370, calling on the PRC to stop repression of the Tibetan and Uighur peoples. The PRC's claims of "terrorist" threats from Uighurs have lacked clarity and confirmation. Some violent incidents occurred before and during the Olympic Games. On October 7, a judge ordered the release of the 17 remaining Uighurs held at Guantanamo, then an appeals court granted the Justice Department's request for a stay pending an appeal.
Pages: 26
Date: October 29, 2008