US Senate approves Uighur Human Rights Policy Act

The US Senate has passed the Uighur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020, which would authorise sanctions (asset freeze and travel ban) on Chinese officials determined to be responsible for human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uighur region (XAR) in China. Abuses constituting sanctionable conduct under the Act include the torture, cruel/inhumane/degrading treatment, causing disappearance or mass detention, or denial …