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- SYRIAN CIVIL WAR
- SAUDI ARABIA HUMAN RIGHTS
- CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS
China maintains very firm control over its population. Human rights advocates claim the abuses of this communist nation are many. And lately these abuses have been targeted at its Uyghur population - a Muslim minority group of about 11 million people which live mostly in the Xinjiang province in northwestern China. Activists say that over the years, China has progressively curtailed the Uyghurs' religious, commercial and cultural activities. It encourages members of the majority Han Chinese to move to the region and has demolished more than 100 Uyghur cemeteries. It is believed that China has detained up to 3 million Uyghurs over the past few years in state re-education camps. China is also accused of conducting a program of forced sterilization against Uyghur women. Former prisoners and staff of China’s “vocational and educational training centers” have recently reported Uyghur women have been subjected to systematic mass rape and torture while incarcerated. Advocates also claim 83 foreign and Chinese companies are benefitting from forced labor programs using Uyghur workers.
In 2017, President Xi issued a directive that "religions in China must be Chinese in orientation" and "adapt themselves to socialist society". This directive led to a crackdown on religious practice that most affected the Uyghurs. China has installed a surveillance network in Xinjiang that includes police checkpoints and facial recognition technology. The Chinese government says the measures are necessary to combat separatist violence in the region, but it is accused of exaggerating the threat in order to justify repression of the Uyghurs. Many prominent Uyghurs have been imprisoned or sought asylum abroad after being accused of terrorism.
Proposed Legislation: Reintroduction of H.R.4567 - Strengthening the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (118th Congress 2023-2024)
Prospective Sponsor: Rep. Ritchie Torres (NY)
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In 2017, President Xi issued a directive that "religions in China must be Chinese in orientation" and "adapt themselves to socialist society". This directive led to a crackdown on religious practice that most affected the Uyghurs. China has installed a surveillance network in Xinjiang that includes police checkpoints and facial recognition technology. The Chinese government says the measures are necessary to combat separatist violence in the region, but it is accused of exaggerating the threat in order to justify repression of the Uyghurs. Many prominent Uyghurs have been imprisoned or sought asylum abroad after being accused of terrorism.
Proposed Legislation: Reintroduction of H.R.4567 - Strengthening the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (118th Congress 2023-2024)
Prospective Sponsor: Rep. Ritchie Torres (NY)
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- I oppose reforming current China human rights policy and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Speaker Mike Johnson (LA).
- Currently, goods produced with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China are prohibited from entering the United States unless the importer rebuts the presumption that forced labor was used. This presumption applies to goods coming from entities using forced labor which target Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and other persecuted groups. I support expanding these sanctions by: 1.) Expanding the type of government-affiliated labor programs that trigger this presumption. 2.) Modifying the definition of forced labor to explicitly include state-imposed labor programs in China targeting Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and members of other persecuted groups. 3.) Modifying the requirements for the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force's annual report to Congress to detail all presumptions applied and rebutted, as well as all companies known to have exported goods made in the XUAR. And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Ritchie Torres (NY) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
- Currently, goods produced with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China are prohibited from entering the United States unless the importer rebuts the presumption that forced labor was used. This presumption applies to goods coming from entities using forced labor which target Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and other persecuted groups. I support expanding these sanctions by:
1.) Expanding the type of government-affiliated labor programs that trigger this presumption.
2.) Modifying the definition of forced labor to explicitly include state-imposed labor programs in China targeting Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and members of other persecuted groups.
3.) Modifying the requirements for the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force's annual report to Congress to detail all presumptions applied and rebutted, as well as all companies known to have exported goods made in the XUAR.
And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Ritchie Torres (NY) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
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