CHINA-US: CHINA RETALIATES BY SANCTIONING 4 MEMBERS OF U.S. GOVERNMENT'S COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Following the sanction by the US Treasury on December 10 of Shohrat Zakir, Chairman of the Xinjiang
Uyghur Autonomous Region’s government from 2018 until early this year, and his successor and former
deputy Erken Tuniyaz, China on December 21 announced retaliatory sanctions against four members of the
United States Government’s Commission on International Religious Freedom. Those sanctioned by China
are: Chairwoman Nadine Maenza, Deputy Chairman Nury Turkel and members Anurima Bhargava and
James Carr. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said they are barred from visiting mainland
China, Hong Kong and Macau, and any assets they have in the country will be frozen.
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