Letter dated July 4, 1982 to President Reagan from Reverend Hruby, Rev. Article entitled "Vashchenkos Again Denied Emigration," published in the Article by the Associated Press entitled "Pentecostalists Start Second Hunger Page 286 290 291 292 292 Article by Michael Satchell entitled "Trapped in Moscow," published in 294 Statement of Richard Davies, retired Foreign Service Officer, in support of 340 348 359 380 Statement of Richard Davies entitled "Waiting for President Reagan," regard- Statement by the National Conference on Soviet Jewry entitled "Restrictions Letter dated February 1, 1982 to Theodore Mann from Vice President George 384 390 Editorial by the New York Times entitled "Still "The Prisonhouse of Peoples'" published on January 26, 1982... Article entitled "Bush Pledges Forceful Policy on Soviet Jews" published in the New York Times on January 29, 1982, submitted by Theodore Mann....... Chart on Soviet Jewish emigration statistics...... 391 391 450 Statement by Max Kampelman, Chairman, U.S. Delegation Plenary Session, 451 458 List of Jewish prisoners in the U.S.S.R. 459 Press releases dated January 11, 1982 and December 3, 1980 in Shomer Achi 465 Letter dated June 23, 1982 to Senator Alan Cranston from David Waksberg, executive director, San Francisco Bay area Council on Soviet Jewry, regarding Mr. Waksberg's trip to the U.S.S.R. 472 Memorandum by the Soviet Jewry Legal Advocacy Center entitled "Soviet Harassment of Foreign Tourists Violates the Helsinki Final Act,” published in Alert magazine... 475 Biographies of Soviet refuseniks 478 Statement of Rt. Rev. Msgr. Norberto Hacbang, vicar general, Calbayog Dio- Statement by the National Council of Churches in Korea entitled "Our View Statement by Moon Bu Shik addressed to Cardinal Kim entitled "Why I 614 660 " 662 665 Statement by the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission of Korea entitled "Toward a Correct Understanding of Church Activities," August 20, 1982..... Text of H. Con. Res. 428, condemning all forms of religious persecution and discrimination as a violation of human rights.. 669 686 Article entitled "Boldenow and Dekker Forced to Leave Guatemala," published in the Banner, October 25, 1982. 735 Editorial including "Open Letter to General Efrain Rios Montt, President of the Military Junta, Guatemala," published in the Banner, November 15, 1982. 736 Statement on the Persecution of Protestants in Nicaragua, submitted by 762 Statement of Archbishop Roach regarding Nicaragua. 777 Pope John Paul's letter dated June 29, 1982 to the Bishops of Nicaragua 779 U.N. resolution on anti-Semitism and other forms of racial prejudice and APPENDIXES 1. Text of H. Con. Res. 100, a resolution expressing the sense of the Congress 2. Letter dated July 1, 1981 to full committee chairman, Clement Zablocki 4. Letter dated February 5, 1982 to Chairman Zablocki from Hon. Alvin Paul 5. Article by Firuz Kazemzadeh entitled "The Terror Facing the Baha'is,' 6. Maps of Iran showing Baha'i Holy places and historical sites confiscated, Page 874 881 884 885 889 8. Letter dated July 8, 1982 to subcommittee Chairman, Don Bonker from 7. Baha'is killed in Iran since 1978... 9. Letter dated June 9, 1982 to Hon. Jack Brooks, Representative from the 10. Preface from "Martyrdom in Ukraine-Russia Denies Religious Freedom" 11. Excerpt from article by Bohdan R. Bociurkiw entitled "Religious Situation 15. Letter dated March 15, 1982 to Chairman Bonker from Prof. Andrew T. 899 500 901 902 904 905 907 909 16. Statement by Hon. Bill Green, a Representative from the State of New 910 17. Statement by the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council 911 18. Excerpts of letters written by Jews in Ethiopia, submitted by Henry 913 19. Letter dated November 24, 1982 to subcommittee Chairman Don. Bonker 915 20. Letter dated November 1, 1982 to Yehannon Mar Matthias, Abbot, Abbey 916 21. Press release from the American Coptic Association regarding the contin- 917 22. The Copts Newsletter published by the American and Canadian Coptic 918 922 24. Press release from the Church Coalition for Human Rights in the Philip- 924 25. Excerpts from a report entitled "Chinese Human Rights Abuses in Tibet: 926 931 26. Text of H. Con. Res. 433, a resolution condemning all forms of religious 27. Text of H. Con. Res. 434, a resolution condemning all forms of religious persecution and discrimination as a violation of human rights....... 28. Press release from Senator Robert W. Kasten, Jr., U.S. Representative to the U.N. 37th session of the General Assembly, regarding the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination based on Religion or Belief, November 23, 1982.. 29. Press release by Carl Gershman, U.S. Representative on the Third Committee of the United Nations, in right of reply to the Soviet Union, on Item 84, Religious Intolerance, November 26, 1982. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND The subcommittee met in open markup session at 10:30 a.m. in room 2200, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Don Bonker (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. BONKER. The subcommittee will come to order. The subcommittee convenes for the purpose of beginning our series of hearings on religious persecution. Before we get into that subject and before the witnesses are invited to testify, we do have some business that is before the subcommittee. If there is no objection, we will take up the two resolutions that are currently pending. The first is introduced and sponsored by our colleague, Mr. Barney Frank from Massachusetts. The second is sponsored by our colleague from New Jersey, Mr. Smith. Both are here this morning, and would like to testify on behalf of their respective resolutions. At this time, I would like to call on Mr. Frank for his comments in support of House Concurrent Resolution 100.1 STATEMENT OF HON. BARNEY FRANK, A REPRESENTATIVE IN Mr. FRANK. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you and the other members of the subcommittee for the cooperation you have given me individually, but even more to the diligence with which you pursue this cause. We all get asked, I guess, those of us who get involved with human rights, "What good is any one thing going to do?" I don't think there is any room for doubt that, cumulatively, the effect of congressional concern for human rights, which this subcommittee has led the way on, has clearly made life better for a lot of people. It is unfortunate this kind of thing is necessary. We would all love to see a world in which we could abolish this subcommittee and we could all go off into other things. But as long as there are the kind of blatant denials of human rights across the world that 1 See app. 1 for text of resolution. exists, the work of this subcommittee is probably as essential as anything we do. Specifically, with regard to House Concurrent Resolution 100 which is sponsored by a large number of Members of the House, Senator Levin has been sponsoring and has taken the lead with similar legislation in the Senate, it deals with the seven Pentecostalists, the Vashchenko and Chmykhalov families who have been forced by oppression of the Soviet Union to take refuge in the American Embassy. And with the recent hunger strike resulting in the removal of one of the seven to a Russian hospital, no longer under the protection of the American Embassy, the people's concern has increased. I will submit my prepared statement for the record, and simply make a few remarks right here. I would also like, if I could, to submit for the record letters that were sent, signed by many Members of the House, to President Brezhnev and also to President Reagan; and a statement by the Society of Americans for Vashchenko Emigration, the spokesperson being Jane Drake. Mr. BONKER. Without objection, so ordered. [The information follows:] |