BEIJING/OTTAWA—The United States on March 27 condemned Beijing’s sanctions against two U.S. religious-rights officials and a Canadian lawmaker amid a dispute over Beijing’s treatment of Muslim Uyghurs and other minorities. China’s moves “only contribute to the growing international scrutiny of the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang. We stand in solidarity with Canada, the UK, the EU, and other partners and allies around the world in calling on the (China) to end the human rights violations and abuses,” U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a statement. He condemned the sanctions. “Amid growing international condemnation, the PRC continues to commit genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang,” the U.S. State Department said last week, Beijing’s sanctions followed those imposed by the United States, European Union, Britain, and Canada earlier this week for what they say are violations of the rights of Uyghurs and other ethnic or religious minorities …