Commentary Uyghur groups are quietly frustrated with slow action by the president and Congress against the Uyghur genocide, as the government appears unable to override business interests bent on appeasing China. The Chinese Communist Party-led government detained, for reeducation, forced sterilization, and forced labor, approximately 2 million Uyghurs over the past years in what amounts to genocide in China’s Xinjiang region (East Turkistan). Four months into his term, President Biden is noncompliant with a key U.S. law, enacted on June 17, that requires the President to produce a report that lists individual foreign human rights violators against the Uyghurs. The report must by law have been delivered to Congress within six months of the law’s enactment, by December 15, 2020. That report is now over five months late, as are comprehensive sanctions against identified perpetrators that must by law immediately follow. Louisa Greve, Director of Global Advocacy for the Uyghur …
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