118th Congress · HOUSE RESOLUTIONBILL

H.Res. 695Commemorating the 1-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the subsequent protests in Iran.

Commemorating the 1-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the subsequent protests in Iran.

International affairs
Introduced Sep 18, 2023
Last action Sep 18, 2023
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This resolution commemorates the anniversary of death of Mahsa Amini and the protesters killed or detained in Iran since September 2022. It also supports the rights of women and of all people in Iran, and calls on Iran to end repression and to release all those detained for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in connection with the protests. (Mahsa Amini was a 22-year old Iranian woman who died in police custody on September 16, 2022, after reportedly being arrested for wearing her hijab too loosely.)

Provisions · 1 sectionsIntroduced in House
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Sep 18, 2023
Introduced in House
Sep 18, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.