Senate Bill Could Expand Sanctions Scope for Uyghur Human Rights Abuses
A new Senate bill could impose sanctions on companies doing business with entities committing human rights abuses against Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang region. The Sanctioning Supporters of Slave Labor Act, introduced this week by Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., would impose secondary sanctions on people or entities doing business or providing “support” for entities that have been sanctioned for Uyghur-related human rights abuses, the lawmakers said. They said a companion bill has been introduced in the House.
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Menendez, the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the human rights abuses continue “to threaten to adulterate global supply chains” and must be met with more penalties. “The administration must move forward with sanctions designations under the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, as well as with the new authorities that this bill provides, and work with our allies and partners to hold China to account for its crimes,” Menendez said.