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US has obligation to address genocide in Xinjiang by China: Nancy Pelosi
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US has obligation to address genocide in Xinjiang by China: Nancy Pelosi

The United States Speaker Nancy Pelosi has expressed solidarity with the Uyghur community amid the ongoing human rights abuse in China and affirmed her view that the United States has an “obligation to address the genocide”.“If we don’t speak out clearly for human rights in China because of commercial interests, we lose all moral authority to speak out for human rights any place in the world,” she said after a meeting through video conference with the representatives of Campaign for Uyghurs.During the meeting, held on March 1, the Campaign for Uyghurs informed the Speaker about the updates and legislative priorities relating to stopping the Uyghur genocide, according to an official statement.Dr Rishat Abbas, Senior Advisor to CFU and the World Uyghur Congress, said, “Uyghurs are facing unp...