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From: Hoffman, Elizabeth
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 2:14 PM
To: LANTOSWOLFCHRC-HOUSESTAFF-RC00@LS1.HOUSE.GOV
Subject: Updated: China Hearing: Tuesday Sept 29 @ 1pm B-318 Rayburn
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC)
Hearing Announcement:
Human Rights on the Eve of the 60th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China
1-3 p.m.
Tuesday, September 29
B-318 Rayburn House Office Building
Thursday, October 1, 2009, will mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Although the last six decades have brought economic prosperity for some in China, still many have been left behind. In the midst of economic advances, human rights in China, by most measures, has only deteriorated.
In its 2008 report to the Congress, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission states “prisoners are still exposed to a physically and psychologically exhausting regimen of physical labor and propaganda sessions.” Additionally, over the last several years there has been a surge in protests demanding workers’ rights. According to the 2008 State Department Human Rights report, “workers and their advocates suffered harassment and intimidation by criminal elements often hired by employers.”
The commission will hear from two panels including one comprised of executive branch agencies that deal with various trade-related issues that have a human rights dynamic. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is charged with inspecting Chinese prison facilities if there is reasonable suspicion that prison labor is being used to manufacture goods being exported to the U.S. The Department of Commerce maintains the Commerce Control List which bans the transfer of certain policing and military equipment to China following the massacre at Tiananmen Square and the department will address concerns related to the transfer of technology to China which the Chinese government has subsequently used to repress its own people.
To discuss these issues, we will welcome as our witnesses:***
Panel I
oMatthew S. Borman, assistant secretary, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
oRay Parmer, director, Immigration and Customs Enfocement (ICE), Office of International Affairs
Panel II
oHarry Wu, founder, Laogai Research Foundation
oWei Jingsheng, chair, China Labor Union
oShem Ting, League of Chinese Victims
oSophie Richardson, Asia advocacy director, Human Rights Watch
***Witness list subject to change.
If you have any questions, please contact Elizabeth Hoffman (Rep. Wolf) or Hans Hogrefe (Rep. McGovern) at 202-225-3599.
Frank R. Wolf, M.C. James P. McGovern
Co-Chairman, TLHRC Co-Chairman, TLHRC
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