'The unabated oppression that the Uyghur communities face at the hands of the Chinese is a challenge to the conscience of the entire world,' Pelosi said.
For the second time this week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has called attention to China's repression of Uighurs, including the detention of more than 1 million people, deeming the situation a"challenge to the conscience of the entire world."
"Our hearts and minds are with the Uyghur communities, who face religious persecution, including harsh restrictions on observing Ramadan, which just ended this week," Pelosi said, using an alternate spelling for the ethnic community, in a statement released Thursday at a conference organized by activist groups.
Facial recognition technology is omnipresent in Xinjiang and restricts movement beyond and within the province. Miniature police stations have been placed every few hundred yards and Uighurs have been banned from entering many public spaces and shops. There have been reports of forcible DNA and iris scan collections.
U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi speaks as former Tiananmen student leaders Wu’er Kaixi and Fengsuo Zhou listen during a hearing before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China June 4, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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