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hearings for the incoming Secretary of State
From: Jack Churchward <trinley@churchward.com>
The United States Senate will begin
confirmation hearings for the incoming Secretary of State on the 16th and 17th
of January 2001. Please call or fax your Senators and Congressmen to urge that
Secretary of State-designate ColinPowell be questioned about the
brutal treatment served up by the Chinese government with the torture
and subsequent executions of two young Uyghur men. Perhaps the Secretary
of State-designate is unaware of the brutality of the Chinese government and
their callous disregard for fundamental human rights. In addition, here are the
phone and where available, fax numbers and email addresses of the Senators on
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that will be questioning him.
Chairman Jesse Helms (R-NC) 202-224-6342 FAX:(202) 228-1339
email: jesse_helms@helms.senate.gov
Richard Lugar (R-IN) 202-224-4814 No Fax found ,email:senator_lugar@lugar.senate.gov
Chuck Hagel (R-NE) 202-224-4224 FAX: (202) 224-5213
email: http://www.senate.gov/~hagel/Email/contact.html
Sam Brownback (R-KS) 202-224-6521 FAX: (202) 228-1265
email http://www.senate.gov/~brownback/email.html
Craig Thomas (R-WY) 202-224-6441 Fax: (202) 224-1724
email:craig@thomas.senate.gov
Bill Frist (R-TN) 202-224-3344 No Fax Found
email: senator_frist@frist.senate.gov
Gordon Smith (R-OR) 202-224-3753 Fax: (202) 228-3997
email: http://www.senate.gov/~gsmith/webform.htm
Joseph Biden (D-DE) 202-224-5042 Fax: (202) 224-0139
email: senator@biden.senate.gov
Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) 202-224-4524 No fax found
email: http://www.senate.gov/~sarbanes/email.html
Christopher Dodd (D-CT) 202-224-2823 Fax: (202) 224-1083
email: Senator@dodd.senate.gov
John Kerry (D-MA) 202-224-2742 Fax: (202) 224-8525
email: http://www.senate.gov/~kerry/contact.html
Russ Feingold (D-WI) 202-224-5323 No Fax Found
email: http://www.senate.gov/~feingold/services/contactrdf.html#form
Paul Wellstone (D-MN) 202-224-5641 No Fax found
email: http://wellstone.senate.gov/webform.html
Barbara Boxer (D-CA) 202-224-3553 No Fax found
email: http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/webform.html
Robert Torricelli (D-NJ) 202-224-3224 No Fax found
email: http://torricelli.senate.gov/webform.html
Please fax a copy of your letter to the Chinese Embassy to the US at:
(202) 588-0032
Also, the Political Affairs officer of the Embassy can be reached at:
(202) 745-7473
Sample letter
Dear sir/madame,
The recent executions of two young Uyghur men from the Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China, also known as Eastern
Turkestan signals another instance of the continuing atrocities against the
people of Inner Mongolia, Tibet and Eastern Turkestan. As documented by Amnesty
International through Chinese government documents, the confessions were
extracted by torture and neither man was convicted of a violent act. The
People's Republic of China professes to be ready to join the civilized world,
yet their actions speak louder than their fanciful speeches and colorful talk. I
call on your great position to ask of the Secretary of State Designate, Colin
Powell, how US Foreign policy towards the PRC will help to alleviate the
suffering of the people of Tibet, Eastern Turkestan, and Inner Mongolia and
change their inhuman treatment at the hands of the Chinese government. Many
citizens of the United States are interested in the plight of the people of
Eastern Turkestan, Inner Mongolia and Tibet and are wondering when the leaders
of our great nation will take a stand for human rights and dignity.
Thank you for your time and attention,
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