WASHINGTON – Appalled by the massive crackdown on Uighurs in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang province, a US government panel is pressing for sanctions against China.
"[We are] gravely concerned about the Chinese government’s active repression of the peaceful cultural and religious traditions of ethnic Uighurs," Leonard Leo, chairman of the Commission on Religious Freedom (USCIRF), said on Wednesday, July 15.
He urged the US to lead investigations into the deadly unrest that claimed the lives of at least 194 people in Xinjiang.
