The Chinese regime’s suppression of freedoms and human rights is getting worse domestically, while its control of data overseas poses a threat to the international community, House Speak Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Sept. 16 during a trip to Britain. “They’re getting worse in terms of suppression and freedom of speech,” Pelosi said of the Chinese regime, during a moderated discussion at the Cambridge Union. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is tightening restrictions on the ability of citizens to speak out, she said. “They’re not trying to change the government, they’re just trying to express themselves, and it’s a major problem.” The speaker, in the UK for a G7 parliamentary leaders’ conference, pointed to the CCP’s genocide against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, suppression in Tibet, and rollback of democracy in Hong Kong. Pelosi commended a new security alliance between the United States, Britain, and Australia focused on …
Chinese Regime’s Suppression of Freedoms ‘Getting Worse’: Speaker Pelosi
September 16, 2021
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