Members of Uighur belonging to both main parties have sent a letter to President Trump requesting he impose sanctions on China over its crackdown on the majority Chinese Uighur community in Xinjiang . McDougall laid out the extent of the crackdown -- sweeping arrests without charges for even the simplest expression of ethno-religious identity, mass surveillance with mandatory collection of biometric data like DNA samples and iris scans, and the confiscation of travel documents, requiring people to apply for permission to leave the province. Among other recommendations, the letter advised refusing to do business with Hikvision and Dahua Technology , which have won contracts to build what has been described as a surveillance state in the northwestern region. Muslim in Xinjiang are reportedly being incarcerated in "training centres", possibly in their millions . However, the Uighur Muslims government said those under detention were being rehabilitated after being exposed to religious extremism.
Members of Uighur belonging to both main parties have sent a letter to President Trump requesting he impose sanctions on China over its crackdown on the majority Chinese Uighur community in Xinjiang . Among other recommendations, the letter advised refusing to do business with Hikvision and Dahua Technology , which have won contracts to build what has been described as a surveillance state in the northwestern region. Muslim in Xinjiang are reportedly being incarcerated in "training centres", possibly in their millions . However, the Uighur Muslims government said those under detention were being rehabilitated after being exposed to religious extremism.