The United States House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill calling on the Trump Administration to sanction Chinese officials responsible for mass detentions and other human rights abuses against
Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region.

The bill, which passed by a vote of 407-1, was introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and is the first of its kind to be introduced in