The Trump administration’s choices so far haven’t inspired a lot of confidence that it will try to help the detainees. In December, Trump was expected to announce human rights sanctions, according to Foreign Policy, after his aides led activists to believe they would be coming. Trump aides now suggest the trade war could even stretch into 2020 as part of his reelection strategy, according to Axios. The crisis “shocks the conscience and truly has mobilized our foreign affairs apparatus,” Louisa Greve of the Uyghur Human Rights Project said. “China’s going to use mass surveillance and its police state for far more than what’s happening in the concentration camps,” Abbas said.

Source: Huffington Post May 20, 2019 12:22 UTC