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S.Res. 760

ResolutionFederalSenateIn Committee
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.
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Committee
Latest Action · October 26, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S6598-6599)
Congress
116th (2019–2021)
Introduced
October 26, 2020
Sponsor
Sen. John CornynR
Cosponsors (17)
7D 10R
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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.

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