US House passes Uygur law demanding sanctions on China over human rights abuses in Xinjiang

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The US House of Representatives has passed a bill calling for sanctions against senior Chinese officials who are deemed responsible for their involvement in mass internment camps in Xinjiang. The bill approved on December 3, 2019, is a revamped version of the act passed by the US Senate in September. Targeted officials would be banned from the US and their US-based assets would also be seized. The camps in China’s western Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region reportedly are holding some 1 million…