Sec. 4. Sense of Congress concerning atrocity crimes in the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region
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It is the sense of Congress that— the atrocities perpetrated by the Government of the People’s Republic of China against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other predominately Muslim ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are horrific and ongoing and constitute genocide and crimes against humanity; all governments, including the United States, and international organizations, such as the United Nations and the Office of the Secretary-General, should call the atrocities perpetuated by the Government of the People’s Republic of China, including the mass arbitrary detention of ethnic minorities; forced sterilizations and forced abortions and other sexual violence; and forced labor, as genocide and crimes against humanity; the United States, in coordination with allies and partners, should strongly condemn the intimidation and threats targeting Uyghur and Kazakh women who provide public evidence of sexual violence and forced sterilizations and forced abortions in mass internment camps and the journalist who report these stories; member states of the United Nations should consider all Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities detained and imprisoned through the justice system in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region as arbitrarily detained due to the severe restrictions on information regarding the cases and because research by human rights organizations indicate that long prison sentences were given to individuals for practicing their religion or engaging in other internationally-recognized human rights; member states of the United Nations should condemn the atrocities committed by the Government of the People’s Republic China, including forced sterilizations and other state-sanctioned violence against women, and take steps to prevent further crimes against humanity and genocide in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region including by demanding that the Government of the People’s Republic of China— immediately adhere to its commitments under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; end all forced sterilization, forced abortions, and other state-sanctioned violence against women; release all individuals from internment camps, and all others who are unjustly or arbitrarily detained, including those engaged in forced labor programs or separated from their families in state-run boarding schools; end harassment and restrictions on foreign journalists while they are traveling in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and immediately end any threats and intimidation directed at journalists for reporting about conditions there; and guarantee the right to the freedom of religion, including by rebuilding mosques and restoring holy sites and cemeteries; member states of the United Nations should take action to collect and preserve evidence of genocide and crimes against humanity and establish appropriate special mechanisms and tribunals to hold accountable officials responsible for genocide and crimes against humanity, including through the establishment of an international Commission on Inquiry on Atrocity Crimes in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and the Department of State should be commended for raising the issue of atrocity crimes and its public determination that the Government of the People’s Republic of China is responsible for an ongoing genocide and for crimes against humanity in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.