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by We Hold These Truths | 7.8.20

This article has been authored by We Hold These Truths, a First Amendment oriented human rights campaign from the McCain Institute. Learn more about China's human rights violations against Uighur Muslims, and click above to take action and make your voice heard.

What is it?

New evidence has emerged that that Chinese government has imposed measures to reduce the Uighur (also spelled \"Uyghur\") population in Xinjiang, including pregnancy checks, forced intrauterine devices, sterilization, and even abortion. These human rights abuses violate the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
Last month, President Donald Trump signed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 which authorizes the use of sanctions on Chinese officials directly responsible for the atrocities committed in Xinjiang.

Why is it important?

\nChina has systematically oppressed over a million Muslim Uighurs in “reeducation camps” where they are forced to renounce their religion and pledge loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party.
In just the past year alone, the birthrate in Xinjiang has fallen 24 percent, showing that the CCP’s effort to forcibly reduce Uighur population is working. Historically, the global community has put a stop to regimes who are systematically incarcerating and eradicating a religious minority in the way the CCP is currently doing.
Many have claimed that due to the human rights violations it has committed, China should not be allowed to hold the 2022 Winter Olympics (beyond having individual CCP officials sanctioned).

What can you do?

Here’s more information from The Uyghur Human Rights Project.
Learn more about the CCP’s campaign of demographic genocide from Jamestown Foundation and AP reports.
See Congress’s bipartisan statement pressing the Administration to address the forced serializations.

Originally published by We Hold These Truths

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