Sen. Rick Scott Joins Congressman Ted Yoho in Letter Urging United Nations to Investigate Uyghur Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang
November 17, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Senator Rick Scott joined Congressmen Ted Yoho and Tom Malinowski and Senator Jeff Merkley in a letter to United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres urging the UN to investigate the Communist Party of China’s ongoing human rights abuses and It’s shameful that Communist China’s campaign of genocide against the Uyghurs has been ignored by the UN Human Rights Council for so long. The UN Human Rights Council must immediately hold a special session to address this growing crisis. I am proud to join my colleagues to call on the UN to take immediate and forceful action to expose and condemn Communist China’s despicable human rights abuses.”
House Asia Subcommittee Ranking Member Ted Yoho said, “The abuse of the Uyghur population at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party has been ignored for far too long. In order to properly investigate accusations of cultural genocide, forced labor, rape and forced sterilizations the international community must work together in holding the perpetrators responsible. I’m encouraged to see broad bipartisanship meet international support in coming together to demand accountability and transparency in China’s administration of the Xinjiang region.”
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