Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress finds the following: On August 31, 2022, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released an assessment that found that— serious human rights violations have been committed by authorities of the People’s Republic of China against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and such violations may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity . The Secretary of State has found that treatment by authorities of the People’s Republic of China of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region constitutes genocide and other crimes against humanity.
The Xinjiang Police Files published in May 2022 offered unprecedented insight into the human rights violations perpetrated by authorities of the People's Republic of China against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, including— imprisonment of the elderly, young mothers, and other adults considered to be a threat by the Chinese Communist Party, including individuals alleged to have engaged in forbidden religious activities; imprisonment of children as young as 14, some of whom were apparently instructed to smile for detention photos; use of armed strike groups and other personnel armed with clubs, batons, bayonets, machine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, and other military-grade weapons to intimidate and control detainees; directives for police forces to shoot dead detainees who fail to heed orders, including to prevent individuals from escaping alive; and restrictions on medical care afforded to detainees.
The Xinjiang Police Files provide further evidence, including speeches by Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi and then-Xinjiang Party Secretary Chen Quanguo, that General Secretary Xi Jinping directed and oversaw persecution of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, including by— directing Chen to travel to Xinjiang and make a stable Xinjiang arise ; issuing important instructions on governing Xinjiang according to the law, unifying and stabilizing Xinjiang, and building Xinjiang over the long term ; and ordering Xinjiang authorities to— conduct de-extremification work , including transformation through education ; and implement practical measures such as expanding the number of employed [staff in detention facilities], enlarging the capacity [of those facilities], and increasing investment [in those facilities] within the set time frame .