HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF POLAND

SEC. 1305. HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF POLAND (a) Findings.—Congress makes the following findings: (1) The government of Poland, headed by General Wojciech Jaruzelski, has violated internationally recognized human rights of the people of Poland, including the right to peaceably assemble, the right to strike, the right to freely associate, and the right to due process. (2) The Jaruzelski government has retaliated against the justified, peaceful protests of workers at Nowa Huta, Poland, through the use of violence and force. (3) The Jaruzelski government has prosecuted and imprisoned a number of persons for politically related offenses. (4) The Jaruzelski government has to date refused to take steps which would guarantee the right of the people of Poland to participate in the management of the economy of Poland and has refused to accept the principle of pluralism in the national life of Poland. (b) Sense of Congress.—It is, therefore, the sense of Congress— (1) that the use of force against the workers of Nowa Huta and intimidation against other strikers in Poland should be condemned; and (2) that improvement in relations between the United States and Poland must be predicated on an improvement in internationally recognized human rights in Poland, including the release of political prisoners, steps toward trade union pluralism and the rights of independent trade unions to organize, and steps toward genuine national reconciliation and dialogue.