On July 15, USIP hosted Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), a member of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, and Rep. Young Kim (R-CA), vice ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation, for a discussion on the bipartisan congressional response to the Chinese government’s human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA)
U.S. Representative from Virginia
@RepWexton
Rep. Young Kim (R-CA)
U.S. Representative from California
@RepYoungKim
Lise Grande, moderator
President and CEO, U.S. Institute of Peace
For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/advancing-human-rights-xinjiang-uyghur-autonomous-region
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