; (B) human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and (C) the protests in Hong Kong against proposed extradition legislation; (3) Hong Kong authorities, under the influence of the Government of the People’s Republic of China, violated fundamental freedoms of the people of Hong Kong, as articulated in the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (referred to in this preamble as the Basic Law ), including the freedoms of expression, association, and assembly; (4) the Government of the People’s Republic of China has used propaganda, disinformation, and censorship in an attempt to shape reporting on the Hong Kong protests, attributing the protests to influence by foreign forces , and threatening protesters in Hong Kong; (5) officials of the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Communist Party of China continue to abuse criminal law and police power to punish critics and maintain stability with the goal of perpetuating one-party rule, often targeting human rights advocates, religious believers, and ethnic minority groups; and (6) the Government of the People’s Republic of China is likely committing crimes against humanity; Whereas before the 2008 Summer Olympics were held in Beijing, the Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2006 reported that the Government of the People’s Republic of China practiced severe cultural and religious repression of minorities, especially of Uyghur individuals in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and according to the Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018, such repression has intensified since the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing