Congress: Pass the Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act
Tell Congress to pass the Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act.
Millions of Uyghurs in China have been placed in camps where they have been subjected to forced labor, torture, and organ harvesting. The United States Congress needs to do more to end these atrocities.
Introduced in both the Senate (S. 2560) by Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and the House (H.R. 4830) by Representatives Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) , the Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act, or UGASA would expand existing sanctions and other measures to hold accountable the Chinese government for its horrific human rights atrocities against Uyghurs and other ethnic minority groups in China. Representative John Moolenaar (R-MI), the Chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, has cosponsored the legislation.
The Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act would:
- Broaden existing sanctions under the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act to cover crimes such as forced organ harvesting, coercive abortions, and the forced separation of children from their families.
- Mandate visa bans for foreign nationals involved in forced sterilizations and population control campaigns.
- Ban the use and sale of Chinese seafood in Defense Department facilities due to its links to Uyghur and North Korean forced labor.
- Authorize support—including medical and psychological services—for Uyghur and Kazakh survivors of detention and abuse now living outside China.
- Promote cultural and linguistic preservation for ethnic and religious minorities whose identity is under threat.
- Prohibit U.S. government procurement from entities linked to Uyghur forced labor or implicated in atrocity crimes.
- Expose and counter PRC propaganda and disinformation, including campaigns that deny the existence of genocide.
- Support investigations and documentation of atrocity crimes for use in future international or domestic prosecutions.
- Ban the use and sale of Chinese seafood in Defense Department facilities due to its links to Uyghur and North Korean forced labor
Please take action today to tell your Members of Congress to support and co-sponsor the Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act.
For More Information
"Eight things you can do to help Uyghurs in a time of genocide," Uyghur Human Rights Project
End #ForcedLabourFashion Now - campaign website
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