U.S. lawmakers urge action over China's crackdown on minority Muslims

FILE PHOTO: A police officer checks the identity card of a man as security forces keep watch in a street in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo - Copyright Thomas Peter(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 14/11/2018 - 00:02•Updated 20/04/2024 - 12:26

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers will introduce legislation on Wednesday urging the Trump administration to respond to China's crackdown on minority Muslims, amid reports of mass detentions of ethnic Uighurs and others in the Xinjiang region.

The legislation, to be introduced in both the Senate and House of Representatives, requests actions including reports on the crackdown and consideration of the application of Global Magnitsky human rights sanctions on Chinese officials, according to a copy of the measure seen by Reuters on Tuesday.