Advancing Human Rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

July 15, 2022 00:44:33
Advancing Human Rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Events at USIP
Advancing Human Rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Jul 15 2022 | 00:44:33

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Show Notes

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.

Speakers

Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA)
U.S. Representative from Virginia 
@RepWexton

Rep. Young Kim (R-CA)
U.S. Representative from California
@RepYoungKim

Lise Grandemoderator
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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