May.27 — Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke before the House voted to authorize sanctions against Chinese officials for human rights abuses against Muslim minorities. (Excerpts)
In This Story: Uighur
The Uyghurs, alternately Uygurs, Uighurs or Uigurs, are a Turkic-speaking minority ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central and East Asia. The Uyghurs are recognized as native to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China. (Source Wikipedia).
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