According to Pompeo, appropriate measures have been taken in connection with the "repression" against the Uighurs.

#BREAKING US restricts visas to China officials over Uighur "repression": Pompeo pic.twitter.com/2D3AkdbxQ6

- AFP news agency (@AFP) October 8, 2019

Earlier, the US Department of Commerce included 28 Chinese organizations on the sanctions list.

The US ministry said that "China violates the rights of Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other members of the Muslim minority."