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PUBLIC LAW 107-228—SEPT. 30, 2002 116 STAT. 1421 (2) Releasing political and religious activists who have been imprisoned or otherwise detained by the Government of Vietnam, and ceasing surveillance and harassment of those who have been released. (3) Ending official restrictions on religious activity, including implementing the recommendations of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Religious Intolerance. (4) Promoting freedom for the press, including freedom of movement of members of the Vietnamese and foreign press. (5) Improving prison conditions and providing transparency in the penal system of Vietnam, including implementing the recommendations of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. (6) Respecting the basic rights of indigenous minority groups, especially in the central and northern highlands of Vietnam. (7) Respecting the basic rights of workers, including working with the International Labor Organization to improve mechanisms for promoting such rights. (8) Cooperating with requests by the United States to obtain full and free access to persons who may be eligible for admission to the United States as refugees or immigrants, and allowing such persons to leave Vietnam without being subjected to extortion or other corrupt practices. SEC. 703. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLA- TIONS IN INDONESIA. It is the sense of Congress that the Government of Indonesia should— (1) demonstrate substantial progress toward ending human rights violations by the armed forces in Indonesia (TNI); (2) terminate any TNI support for and cooperation with terrorist organizations, including Laskar Jihad and militias operating in the Malukus, Central Sulawesi, West Papua (Irian Jaya), and elsewhere; (3) investigate and prosecute those responsible for human rights violations, including TNI officials, members of Laskar Jihad, militias, and other terrorist organizations; and (4) make concerted and demonstrable efforts to find and prosecute those responsible for the murders of Papuan leader Theys Elvay, Acehnse human rights advocate Jafar Siddiq Hamzah, and United States citizens Edwin L. Burgon and Ricky L. Spier. SEC. 704. REPORT CONCERNING THE GERMAN FOUNDATION "REMEM- BRANCE, RESPONSIBILITY, AND THE FUTURE". (a) REPORT CONCERNING THE GERMAN FOUNDATION "REMEM- BRANCE, RESPONSIBILITY, AND THE FUTURE". — Not later than 180 Deadline, days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter until all funds made available to the German Foundation have been disbursed, the Secretary shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the status of the implementation of the Agreement and, to the extent possible, on whether or not— (1) during the 180-day period preceding the date of the report, the Gferman Bundestag has authorized the allocation of funds to the Foundation, in accordance with section 17 of