The Senate and the House of Representatives adopted the bill last month. (File)
Washington DC .:
The US Commission for Freedom of International Religion (USCIRF) on Thursday welcomed President Donald Trump’s signing of the Uighur human rights law, thereby promulgating it.
The Senate and the House of Representatives adopted the bill last month.
“This is a great day for American citizens as well as the Uighurs and other Turks in China who have been victims of horrific human rights violations by the Chinese Communist Party,” said the USCIRF commissioner, Nury Turkel.
“Because of the US government’s commitment to freedom of religion, for the first time in years, we have reason to hope for a better future for Muslims living in China.”
Uighur Human Rights Policy Laws the Administration to Impose Financial Sanctions and Visa Bans Under Global Magnitsky Law Against Chinese Government Officials Responsible for Persecuting Uighurs and other Muslims.
The law also requires federal government agencies to report human rights abuses in Xinjiang and attempts by Chinese government officials to harass Uighurs and Chinese nationals in the United States.
“We urge the Trump administration to swiftly apply this new law by sanctioning Communist Party secretary Chen Quanguo, former head of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee Zhu Hailun, Hikvision chairman Chen Zongnian and any other responsible Chinese officials crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, “USCIRF added.
