Washington DC, Sept. 7 -- The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) commends the US House of Representatives for approving the Uyghur Policy Act (HR 2635) today and urges the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to advance the bill for markup and approval, as stated in UHRP's release.

"The Uyghur Policy Act makes it US policy to recognise and protect the distinct ethnic, religious, cultural, and linguistic identity of the Uyghurs, and authorises more tools to end the atrocities," said UHRP Executive Director Omer Kanat.

"Uyghurs are grateful for the bipartisan leadership of Representative Young Kim and Representative Ami Bera, the sponsor and cosponsor of the bill. We urge the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to act quickly to move this cr...