Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has written a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, urging them to vigorously enforce the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act (UHRPA) and the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act […]
Uyghur Laws and Regulations
In a bid to combat the use of forced labor in China’s so-called “Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,” U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Carlos A. Giménez (R-FL) have taken the lead in introducing the groundbreaking bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act. This legislation aims to hold publicly traded companies accountable […]
By Memet Tursun In a groundbreaking development, tech firm Ultra has harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to create a tool capable of identifying products potentially derived from forced labor, particularly from the Uyghur population in China. Ultra’s program, Publican, has proven instrumental in scrutinizing the Temu platform and uncovering […]
Following the crucial initial step taken by the bipartisan Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, Congress has intensified its efforts to address the severe acts of genocide committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
Senator Marco Rubio has reintroduced the Uyghur Policy Act with House Representatives Young Kim and Ami Bera.
Washington, DC – The House of Representatives yesterday passed the bi-partisan Uyghur Policy Act (H.R. 4785) that Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-39] introduced on July 29, 2021.
The Senate has blocked the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.
By Ilyaruq May 15, 2020 On Thursday, May 14, 2020, the United States Senate has unanimously approved the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020. The bill, originally introduced by Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Menendez, would impose sanctions on Chinese officials over human rights abuses against Uyghur and other […]
Lawmakers of the United States House of Representatives voted 407 to 1 to approve the Uyghur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act (Uighur Act or Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act) of 2019, which commands the US administration to identify and sanction officials deemed responsible for their involvement in the […]
Original news link: https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2019/5/senate-foreign-relations-committee-passes-rubio-menendez-uyghur-human-rights-bill?fbclid=IwAR04JnWX4v8xX5ViXKNIcDS7KuQO_09TblaIXhUZ5xBzVYrUxoKEdfklYYs Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) today released the following statements after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee marked up their bipartisan Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act: “It is long overdue to hold Chinese government and Communist Party officials […]