<span style="color: #222222;">Uyghurs have praised the "Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act" passed recently in the US House of Representatives.<br />''<br />''According to reports by Bitter Winter, this act will help in combating China's trade in organs of political prisoners, Falun Gong practitioners, and their own people.<br />''<br />''The H.R. 1154 bill, authored by Chris Smith was passed resoundingly by 413-2 votes. The legislation allows the US government to take steps against forced organ harvesting in China. It will now pass onto the Senate for further deliberation.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the political change by UK lawmakers over new procurement legislation following Brexit has flagged up Uyghur's vulnerability to organ harvesting.<br />''<br />''Also, the World Medical Association meeting in Nairobi recently singled out China's treatment of Uyghurs for special mention.<br />''<br />''The issue of organ harvesting in China has been brewing since the 1970s with concern over organs sourced from executed prisoners.</span><br />