US lawmakers relaunch Uyghur caucus

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US lawmakers relaunch Uyghur caucus

The Congressional Uyghur Caucus is back. Though the caucus never disbanded, the activities of the bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers slowed to a trickle after its chair, Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from New York, retired from his district, which Republican Rep. George Santos then won in the 2022 midterms. Shortly after his shock win, Santos’ personal biography was proved to be a series of lies by a New York Times report. He was then expelled fro…