US House passes law to ban imports from China’s Xinjiang

On Dec 9, 2021 9:15 AM

SANAA, Dec. 09 (YPA) – The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a law banning imports from China’s Xinjiang region because of concerns about forced labour.

This is one of three measures that has received overwhelming backing, amid Washington’s push back against Beijing’s treatment of the Uyghurs Muslim minority.

The House overwhelmingly approved the ‘Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act’ by a vote of 428-1.

Western countries and human rights organizations accuse the authorities in Xinjiang of arresting and torturing Uyghurs in camps, in what the United States has described as genocide.

China, on the other hand, denies the accusations and describes the camps as vocational training centers to combat religious extremism.

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