U.S. Senator Says China Should Be Sanctioned Over Uyghur Treatment

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The chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said it’s “absolutely” time for the U.S. to sanction China over its treatment of the Uyghur Muslims.

“It is unconscionable that in the in the 21st century, we have concentration camps anywhere in the world,” Senator Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, said during a Washington Post Live event. “And what is happening to the Uyghurs -- ethnic Muslims in China -- is outrageous.”