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US sanctions Chinese officials over repression of minorities

by Associated Press
| July 9, 2020 9:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on three senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party, including a member of the ruling Politburo, for alleged human rights abuses targeting ethnic and religious minorities that China has detained in the western part of the country.

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