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SRES 760 116th Congress Senate International Affairs Asia Business ethics China Crime prevention Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Detention of persons Evidence and witnesses Human rights Human trafficking International law and treaties International organizations and cooperation Labor standards Racial and ethnic relations Religion Sanctions U.S. and foreign investments United Nations War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the atrocities perpetrated by the Government of the People's Republic of China against Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region constitutes genocide.

Introduced: October 26, 2020 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S6598-6599)
Oct 26, 2020
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution declares that the violence perpetrated by China against Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups constitutes genocide. The resolution demands that China cease its persecution of the aforementioned groups and urges the United States, as well as the international community, to take measures to prevent the continuation of atrocities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

What's happening now October 26, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S6598-6599)

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