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 101 STAT. 1420 Human rights.

PUBLIC LAW 100-204—DEC. 22, 1987

SEC. 1236. IRANIAN PERSECUTION OF THE BAHA'IS.

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(a) POLICY.—It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the Government of Iran has systematically discriminated < against the Baha'i community, including the arbitrary detention, torture, and killing of Baha'is, the seizure of Baha'i property, and the outlawing of the Baha'i faith; and (2) Iran's gross violations of the human rights of the Baha'i community are in direct contravention of the Charter of the Rights. OJ) IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY.—It is the sense of Congress that the President shall take all necessary steps to focus international attention on the plight of the Baha'i community and to bring pressure to bear on the Government of Iran to cease its insidious policy of persecution.
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SEC. 1241. SOVIET OCCUPATION OF AFGHANISTAN. (a) FINDINGS ON SOVIET ACTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN.—The Congress

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finds that— (1) the Soviet Union has been waging war against the people of Afghanistan since the invasion of December 25, 1979; (2) the victims of the Soviet invasion and occupation include more than 1,000,000 dead and more than 3,000,000 Afghans forced to find refuge in neighboring countries; (3) Soviet military tactics have included the bombing and napalming of villages without regard to the human toll, the destruction of crops, agricultural land, and orchards so as to create famine conditions, and the massacre of hostages and other innocent civilians; (4) children have been particular victims of Soviet aggression, with some being targeted for death by the dropping of boobytrapped toys while other children have been transported to the Soviet Union for indoctrination; (5) the Soviet-installed puppet regime has engaged in a consistent pattern of gross violations of the human rights of its own citizens, including torture and summary execution, for ^ which its Soviet sponsors must also be held accountable; and (6) Soviet actions in Afghanistan constitute a violation of international law and of accepted norms of human decency and, therefore, must be condemned by civilized people ever3rwhere. ft)) FINDINGS ON THE AFGHAN RESISTANCE.—The Congress further finds that— (1) the Afghan people have heroically resisted the Soviet '* invaders in spite of the tremendous cost of so doing and now control most of their homeland; •: • (2) the provision of effective assistance to the Afghan people is ••'' an obligation of those who cherish freedom; (3) a total and prompt withdrawal of all Soviet forces from Afghanistan is essential in order for the Afghan people to exercise their inalienable human right to self-determination; and (4) a negotiated settlement providing for the total and prompt withdrawal of Soviet forces offers the best prospect for an early end to the suffering of the Afghan people.

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