Canada has announced sanctions against four officials and one entity in China “based on their participation in gross and systematic human rights violations” against Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Global Affairs Canada said Monday that the measures, effective March 22, are being taken in co-ordination with the United States and the United Kingdom, and in solidarity with the European Union. The listed individuals and entity are be subjected to an assets freeze, and Canadians and residents in Canada are banned from “engaging in any activity related to any property of these individuals or providing financial or related services to them.” The names of the sanctioned individuals and entity are: Zhu Hailun, the former secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of XUAR Wang Junzheng, deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Committee of XUAR and former secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of …