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That the Senate— (1) recognizes Tunisia as the symbolic birthplace of the historic Arab Spring movement and the country’s notable democratic reforms that emerged during the Arab Spring period; (2) commends the Tunisian people for their courage and democratic achievements made in the immediate years following the Arab Spring; (3) expresses deep concern for dramatic reversals of such democratic gains, including— (A) the erosion of judicial independence; (B) political repression and arrests; and (C) the undemocratic consolidation of power; (4) urges the Government of Tunisia— (A) to release all political prisoners; (B) to respect the rights of the people to free exercise of peaceful assembly, expression, and the press; and (C) to restore and respect the independence of electoral, judicial, and anti-corruption institutions; (5) supports the Tunisian people in their constitutionally protected right to peacefully demonstrate; and (6) urges the Trump Administration to sanction those Tunisian officials who have been primarily involved in repression of peaceful democratic activities.