A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the atrocities perpetrated by the Government of the People's Republic of China against Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region constitutes genocide.
USA116th CongressSRES-760| Senate
| Updated: 10/26/2020
John Cornyn
Republican Senator
Texas
Cosponsors (17)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Rick Scott (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)James E. Risch (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Todd Young (Republican)James M. Inhofe (Republican)Mitt Romney (Republican)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Marco Rubio (Republican)Rob Portman (Republican)
Foreign Relations Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
This resolution declares that the violence perpetrated by China against Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups constitutes genocide. The resolution demands that China cease its persecution of the aforementioned groups and urges the United States, as well as the international community, to take measures to prevent the continuation of atrocities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
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Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S6598-6599)
International Affairs
AsiaBusiness ethicsChinaCrime preventionCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDetention of personsEvidence and witnessesHuman rightsHuman traffickingInternational law and treatiesInternational organizations and cooperationLabor standardsRacial and ethnic relationsReligionSanctionsUnited NationsU.S. and foreign investmentsWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the atrocities perpetrated by the Government of the People's Republic of China against Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region constitutes genocide.
USA116th CongressSRES-760| Senate
| Updated: 10/26/2020
This resolution declares that the violence perpetrated by China against Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups constitutes genocide. The resolution demands that China cease its persecution of the aforementioned groups and urges the United States, as well as the international community, to take measures to prevent the continuation of atrocities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S6598-6599)
John Cornyn
Republican Senator
Texas
Cosponsors (17)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Rick Scott (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)James E. Risch (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Todd Young (Republican)James M. Inhofe (Republican)Mitt Romney (Republican)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Marco Rubio (Republican)Rob Portman (Republican)
Foreign Relations Committee
International Affairs
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
AsiaBusiness ethicsChinaCrime preventionCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDetention of personsEvidence and witnessesHuman rightsHuman traffickingInternational law and treatiesInternational organizations and cooperationLabor standardsRacial and ethnic relationsReligionSanctionsUnited NationsU.S. and foreign investmentsWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity