US Congress passes Uighur human rights bill in a bid to put pressure on China
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The US Congress on Wednesday authorized sanctions against Chinese officials over the mass incarceration of Muslim Uighurs, ramping up pressure on another front in the troubled relationship between the Pacific powers. The House of Representatives voted with just one dissent in favor of the Uighur Human Rights Act. At least 1 million Uighurs and other Muslims in China's northwestern Xinjiang region have been incarcerated in camps.