Two senior U.S. senators began a process on Thursday for the U.S. Senate to quic...
FILE PHOTO: A protester walks at the occupied campus of the Chinese University in Hong Kong, China, November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
U.S. Senators Jim Risch, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Marco Rubio, a senior member of the panel, want to pass the “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act” by unanimous voice vote. It also would provide sanctions against officials responsible for human rights violations in Hong Kong.
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