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Ro Khanna: “The Uyghurs are being politically persecuted in Xinjiang, China. They are being forced to give up their religion.…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 2026
The Uyghurs are being politically persecuted in Xinjiang, China. They are being forced to give up their religion. They're being forced to assimilate into Chinese culture. And many of them are being forced to do labor, to work for low wages or no wages and long hours.
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Ro Khanna
Democratic · California

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Discussing the persecution of Uyghurs in China.

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