{"id":1828,"date":"2020-05-16T12:04:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T12:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2021-12-18T14:49:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T14:49:08","slug":"u-s-senate-approves-bill-to-pressure-china-over-uighur-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/?p=1828","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Senate approves bill to pressure China over Uighur rights"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Patricia Zengerle,\u00a0David Brunnstrom<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate approved legislation on Thursday calling on President Donald Trump\u2019s administration to toughen its response to China\u2019s crackdown on its Uighur Muslim minority, the latest push in Washington to punish China as Trump blames Beijing for worsening the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

The bipartisan bill, introduced by Republican Senator Marco Rubio, calls for sanctions against those responsible for the repression of Uighurs and other Muslim groups. It specifically singles out a member of China\u2019s powerful Politburo as responsible for \u201cgross human rights violations\u201d against them.<\/p>\n

The Republican-led Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent, without a roll-call vote. Passage sends the measure to the Democratic-led House of Representatives, which must approve it before it is sent to the White House for Trump to sign into law or veto.<\/p>\n

The Senate move comes amid steadily worsening relations between the Trump administration and Beijing over the global COVID-19 pandemic, which Washington has blamed on China\u2019s lack of transparency about the initial outbreak there. [L1N2CW0TS]<\/p>\n

China denies mishandling the outbreak and has condemned moves to pass legislation in support of the Uighurs as malicious attacks and a serious interference in its internal affairs that would affect bilateral cooperation.<\/p>\n

The United Nations estimates that more than a million Muslim Uighurs have been detained in camps in China\u2019s Xinjiang region in recent years. China denies mistreatment of Uighurs and says the camps provide vocational training.<\/p>\n

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In November, the U.S. House overwhelmingly approved a bill calling for sanctions against senior Chinese officials responsible for the Xinjiang crackdown and specifically named the region\u2019s Communist Party secretary, Chen Quanguo, who, as a Politburo member, is in the upper echelons of China\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n

The Senate bill also mentions Chen, as well as Xinjiang\u2019s former deputy party secretary, Zhu Hailun, as bearing direct responsibility for the abuses.<\/p>\n

China has warned in the past of retaliation \u201cin proportion\u201d if Chen were targeted.<\/p>\n

Its embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Senate move.<\/p>\n

The Senate bill also calls on U.S. companies or individuals operating in the Xinjiang region to take steps to ensure their supply chains are not \u201ccompromised by forced labor\u201d there.<\/p>\n

Rubio co-sponsored a separate bill in March aimed at preventing goods made from forced labor in Xinjiang from reaching the United States.<\/p>\n

Source: Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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