STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1516

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.C.R. No. 309

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 309 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION DENOUNCING THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN TIBET,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to denounce the violation of human rights in Tibet.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that Tibetans are regularly subjected to human rights abuses.  These human rights abuses take many forms including disappearance, arbitrary arrest, torture, beatings, and solitary confinement.  Tibetan women and children are also subject to mistreatment.  They reportedly suffer from sexual abuse, violation of their reproductive rights, and discrimination in education by the Chinese government.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 309, and recommends its adoption.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,

 

 

 

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair