US puts visa restrictions on Chinese officials over abuses of Muslims in Xinjiang
The Trump administration put visa restrictions on Chinese officials Tuesday amid ongoing abuses of Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the measures target officials “who are believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, the detention and abuse of Uighurs, Kazakhs, or other members of Muslim minority groups” in the territory in northwest China. It follows the administration’s move on Monday to blacklist 28 public security entities and companies alleged to be involved in surveillance and detention of minority groups, effectively restricting U.S. companies from doing business with them ...
In a subsequent tweeted statement, Pompeo said “China has forcibly detained over one million Muslims in a brutal, systematic campaign to erase religion and culture in Xinjiang.” ...
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