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Congressional Advocates

Advocates

Prisoners

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Headshot of Congressman Rick Allen

Rep. Rick Allen
(R-GA)

Alimujiang Yimiti
China
(released)

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Headshot of Congressman Don Beyer

Rep. Don Beyer
(D-VA)

Alaa Abd El Fattah
Egypt

Ismail Alexandrani
Egypt
(released)

Rep. Gus Bilirakis
(R-FL)

Zhou Deyong
China

Pastor
Bakhrom Kholmatov

Tajikstan
(released)

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Headshot of Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
(D-OR)

Fariba Kamalabadi
Iran

Loujain al-Hathloul
Saudi Arabia
(conditionally released)

Diane Rwigara
Rwanda
(released)

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Headshot of Congressman Ted Budd

Sen. Ted Budd
(R-NC)

Khalil Maatouk
Syria

Zhang Shaojie
China

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Headshot of Congressman Salud Carbajal

Rep. Salud Carbajal
(D-CA)

Dr. Hatoon al-Fassi
Saudi Arabia
(conditionally released)

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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R  LA)

Sen. Bill Cassidy
(R-LA)

Bui Thi Minh Hang
Vietnam
(released)

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Congressman Steve Cohen

Rep. Steve Cohen
(D-TN)

Ales Bialiatski
Belarus

Mikola Statkevich
Belarus

Vladimir Kara-Murza
Russia

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Sen. Coons

Sen. Chris Coons
(D-DE)

Ekpar Asat
China

Fomusoh Ivo Feh
Cameroon
(released)

Azah Levis Gob
Cameroon
(released)

Afuh Nivelle Nfor
Cameroon
(released)

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Rep. Gerald Connolly (D) (VA  11)

Rep. Gerald Connolly
(D-VA)

Lobsang Tsering
China

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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene

Rep. Suzan DelBene
(D-WA)

Seif Fateen
Egypt

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Rep. Jeff Duncan (R) (SC  03)

Rep. Jeff Duncan
(R-SC)

Farshid Fathi
Iran
(released)

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Bob Good

Rep. Bob Good
(R-VA)

Chen Yu
China

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Grothman

Rep. Glenn Grothman
(R-WI)

Y Pum Bya
Vietnam

Y Yich
Vietnam

Pastor A Dao
Vietnam
(released)

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Headshot of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
(D-TX)

Ta Phong Tan
Vietnam
(released)

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Congressman Hank Johnson

Rep. Hank Johnson
(D-GA)

Mahdi ‘Issa Mahdi
Abu Dheeb

Bahrain
(released)

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Rep. March Kaptur (D) (OH  09)

Rep. Marcy Kaptur
(D-OH)

Alexei Navalny
Russia

Oleg Sentsov
Russia
(released)

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Congressman Bill Keating

Rep. William R. Keating
(D-MA)

Vladimir Kara-Muza
Russia

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Congressman Ro Khanna

Rep. Ro Khanna
(D-CA)

Abdulhadi al-Khawaja
Bahrain

Abduljalil al-Singace
Bahrain

Pham Doan Trang
Vietnam

Waleed Abu al-Khair
Saudi Arabia

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Congressman Derek Kilmer

Rep. Derek Kilmer
(D-WA)

Azimjan Askarov
Kyrgyzstan
(died in custody)

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Rep. Doug Lamborn (R) (CO  05)

Rep. Doug Lamborn
(R-CO)

Youcef Nadarkhani
Iran
(released)

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Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D) (CA  19)

Rep. Zoe Lofgren
(D-CA)

Tran Huynh Duy Thuc
Vietnam

Nguyen Bac Truyen
Vietnam

Nguyen Van Lia
Vietnam
(released)

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Congresswoman Nancy Mace

Rep. Nancy Mace
(R-SC)

Narges Mohammadi
Iran

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Ed Markey photo

Sen. Ed Markey
(D-MA)

Xu Zhiyong
China

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Rep. Michael McCaul (R) (TX  10)

Rep. Michael McCaul
(R-TX)

Vo Minh Tri (or Viet Khang)
Vietnam
(released)

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Rep. James P. McGovern (D) (MA  02)

Rep. James P. McGovern
(D-MA)

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima
The Panchen Lama

China

Raif Badawi
Saudi Arabia
(conditionally released)

Luis Carlos Valle Tinoco
Nicaragua
(released)

Karla Vanessa
Escobar Maldonado

Nicaragua
(released)

Yader Antonio
Polanco Cisneros
Nicaragua
(released)

Nabeel Rajab
Bahrain
(released)

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Senator  Bob  Menendez  (2022)

Sen. Bob Menendez
(D-NJ)

Crimean Journalists
Russia

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Congressman Jamie Raskin

Rep. Jamie Raskin
(D-MD)

Mubarak Bala
Nigeria

Selahattin Demirtaş
Turkey

Kunchok Tsephel
China
(conditionally released)

Abdul Shakoor
Pakistan
(released)

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Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D) (IL  09)

Rep. Jan Schakowsky
(D-IL)

Yiliyasijiang Reheman
China

Ardeshir Fanaian
Iran

Mahvash Sabet
Iran

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Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R) (NJ  04)

Rep. Chris Smith
(R-NJ)

Gubad Ibadoghlu
Azerbaijan

Father Nguyen Van Ly
Vietnam
(released)

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tillis

Sen. Thom Tillis
(R-NC)

Pastor John Cao
China

Pastor Wang Yi
China

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Congresswoman Norma Torres

Rep. Norma Torres
(D-CA)


José Rubén Zamora
Guatemala

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Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D  MD)

Sen. Chris Van Hollen
(D-MD)

Nguyen Hoang Quoc Hung
Vietnam
(released)

Doan Huy Chuong
Vietnam
(released)

Do Thi Minh Hanh
Vietnam
(released)

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Rep. Juan Vargas (D) (CA  51)

Rep. Juan Vargas
(D-CA)

Behnam Irani
Iran
(released)

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Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Rep. Debbie Wasserman
Shultz (D) FL-25

Luis Manuel
Otero Alcántara

Cuba

Maykel "Osorbo"
Castillo Pérez

Cuba

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Wexton

Rep. Jennifer Wexton
(D-VA)

Gulmira Imin
China

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Rep. Joe Wilson (R) (SC  02)

Rep. Joe Wilson
(R-SC)

Aziza al-Youssef
Saudi Arabia
(conditionally released)

Past Advocates

Prisoners

Rep. David Cicilline
(D-RI, Ret.)

Mahmoud Abou Zeid
(Shawkan)

Egypt
(conditionally released)

Francis Jang Xuan Dieu
Vietnam
(released)

Rep. Ted Deutch
(D-FL, Ret.)

Behrouz Tavakkoli
Iran
(released)

Rep. Donna Edwards
(D-MD, Ret.)

Soni Sori
India
(released)

Rep. Keith Ellison
(D-MN, Ret.)

Ayatollah Mohammad
Kasemeini Boroujerdi

Iran

Bekele Gerba
Ethiopia
(released)

Rep. Trent Franks
(R-AZ, Ret.)

Saeed Abedini
Iran
(released)

Rep. Tom Garrett
(R-VA, Ret.)

Patriarch
Abune Antonios

Eritrea
(died in custody)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler
(R-MO, Ret.)

Pastor John Cao
China

Wang Yi
China

Zhang Shaojie
China

Rep. Randy Hultgren
(R-IL, Ret.)

Zhu Yufu
China
(conditionally released)

Rep. Lynn Jenkins
(R-KS, Ret.)

Saeid Rezaie
Iran (released)

Rep. Raul Labrador
(R-ID, Ret.)

Saeed Abedini
Iran
(released)

Rep. James R. Langevin
(D-RI, Ret.)

Ilham Tohti
China

Rep. Alan Lowenthal
(D-CA, Ret.)

Nguyen Van Hoa
Vietnam

The Most Venerable
Thich Quang Do

Vietnam
(released)

Nguyen Tien Trung
Vietnam
(released)

Nguyen Van Dai
Vietnam
(released)

Nguyen Cong Chinh
Vietnam
(released)

Rep. Mark Meadows
(R-NC, Ret.)

Zhang Shaojie
China

Rep. Jim Moran
(D-VA, Ret.)

Hamza Kashgari
Saudi Arabia
(released)

Rep. Joseph Pitts
(R-PA, Ret.)

Asia Bibi
Pakistan
(released)

Rep. Ted Poe
(R-TX, Ret.)

Guo Quan
China
(released)

Duong Kim Khai Duong
Vietnam
(released)

Nguyen Van Minh
Vietnam
(released)

Rep. David Price
(D-NC, Ret.)

Dr. Cu Huy Ha Vu
Vietnam
(released)

Rep. Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen
(R-FL, Ret.)

Rozita Vaseghi
Iran
(released)

Rep. Harley Rouda
(D-CA, Ret.)

Nguyen Bac Truyen
Vietnam

Rep. Loretta Sanchez
(D-CA, Ret.)

Le Quoc Quan
Vietnam
(released)

Rep. Steve Chabot
(R-OH, Ret.)

Peng Ming
China
(died in custody)

Rep. Aaron Schock
(R-IL, Ret.)

Dr. Tun Aung
Burma
(released)

Rep. Jackie Speier
(D-CA, Ret.)

Senator Leila de Lima
Philippines
(conditionally released)

Samar Badawi
Saudi Arabia
(conditionally released)

Rep. Frank Wolf
(R-VA, Ret.)

Gao Zhisheng
China

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House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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United States of America

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TLHRC@mail.house.gov

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