China Foundation for Human Rights Development opposes U.S. House passage of Xinjiang-related bill

Students play games at the central primary school in Tokkuzak Township, Shufu County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 26, 2017. Founded in 1971, the school has turned into a modern school, with 525 students in all, thanks to local educational policy. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

The China Foundation for Human Rights Development Thursday strongly condemned and resolutely opposed the passage of a Xinjiang-related bill by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Disregarding the fact that basic human rights of people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang are well-protected, the so-called "Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019" distorted and smeared Xinjiang's counterterrorism and deradicalization efforts, the foundation said in a statement. "It is a gross interference in China's internal affairs and 1.4 billion Chinese people will never accept it."