The US House of Representatives passed a bill supporting Uyghurs in China, whose rights, according to the American authorities, are being violated, TASS reported.

The bill must be passed yet by the Senate and signed by President Donald Trump, the prospects for this are unclear.

The bill was adopted almost unanimously - 407 members of the House of Representatives supported the document, with only one voting against it.

The document provides for sanctions against Chinese officials who, according to US authorities, violate human rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Chinese officials have not yet responded to the bill.

Like the earlier adopted Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act which has already entered into force, this bill can aggravate the differences between the US and China and affect trade talks between these countries.

The US regularly criticizes China for violating human rights and religion in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, where Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and a number of other Muslim religions live. Earlier, the US banned the export of American goods to 28 Chinese companies, and also imposed visa restrictions on members of the Chinese government and the Communist Party, which, according to Washington, are involved in the repression. The Chinese MFA said that information about the "re-education camps" for Uighurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is untrue.