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NJ SR73
Resolution
Status
2/12/2024
Primary Sponsor
Parker Space
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AI Summary
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New Jersey Senate formally condemns the People's Republic of China's treatment of the Uyghur ethnic group, an estimated 12 million predominantly Muslim people residing in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
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Cites reports that China has interned more than one million Uyghurs in concentration camps as part of increasingly repressive measures since 2017, when the government required all religions to orient towards subservience to the state
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References Article I, Section III of the New Jersey Constitution protecting the right to worship according to one's own conscience as a basis for the condemnation
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Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies of the resolution to the U.S. Secretary of State, the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, and China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Legislative Description
Condemns People's Republic of China's treatment of Uyghurs.
State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Last Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
2/12/2024