The United States House of Representatives has backed a bill that seeks to take China to task over its treatment of Muslim minorities
The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation seeking to hold China accountable over alleged violations of human rightsThe bill already passed in the Senate in September with support from both major parties, sailing through unanimously.
After a process of reconciling the two bills between the chambers, the legislation will move to President Donald Trump's desk, and, if passed, is likely to anger Beijing.A Uighur woman protests before a group of paramilitary police in China's Xinjiang region.The law is the latest anti-China legislation to pass in the US Congress, following recent bills supporting protesters in Hong Kong, which Trump signed after a veto-proof majority of member approved the measures.
Chinese paramilitary police patrol in the aftermath of riots in Urumqi, in 2009. The riots set in motion the harsh measures and detainment of Uighurs.The law on the Uighurs, a predominantly Muslim minority in China's western Xinjiang region, would require that the State Department determine if certain Chinese officials should be subjected to sanctions for human rights violations.
Human rights groups and the US government accused China of engaging in mass internment and surveillance of the Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang.China says it is fighting extremism, separatism and terrorism.
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