S. 1252 — Uyghur Policy Act of 2023

This bill addresses human rights issues concerning the Uyghurs and other persecuted minority groups in China, particularly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Specifically, the bill requires the Department of State to support human rights advocates representing these groups to speak at public diplomacy forums, including in Muslim-majority countries; ensure that Uyghur language training is available to Foreign Service officers; make every effort to ensure a Uyghur-speaking member of the Foreign Service is assigned to U.S. diplomatic and consular missions in China, Turkey (Türkiye), and other nations with Uyghur populations; and submit to Congress a strategy to secure the relea...