The Chinese Communist Party has become an expert in profiting off its human rights abuses, according to a former State Department official, who pointed to the regime commercializing slave labor—and even body parts from slain prisoners of conscience. Robert Destro, a former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, said that the…
‘They Will Monetize Everything’: Experts Highlight How Beijing Has Turned Rights Abuses Into an Industry
‘They Will Monetize Everything’: Beijing Has Turned Rights Abuses Into an Industry, Experts Say
The Chinese Communist Party has become an expert in profiting off its human rights abuses, according to a former State Department official, who pointed to the regime’s commercializing of slave labor—and even body parts from slain prisoners of conscience. Robert Destro, a former assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor, said that…
US Decries ‘Politically Motivated Prosecutions’ in Hong Kong
The State Department expressed serious concerns about the continued deterioration of freedoms in Hong Kong, telling Beijing to cease its “politically-motivated arrests” and release the “unjustly detained” in the regime’s ever-expanding clampdown. “We note in particular the increase in politically-motivated prosecutions, including through the National Security Law, targeting Hong Kong’s teachers, labor unions, lawyers, journalists,…
State Department Launches Review of Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal
The State Department’s inspector general has initiated a review of how the Biden administration withdrew from Afghanistan. The watchdog, or the State OIG, told members of Congress that it notified the State Department of several “oversight projects” related to the ending of operations at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, according to a letter obtained and published…
State Department Watchdog Launches Review of Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal
The State Department’s inspector general has initiated a review of how the Biden administration withdrew from Afghanistan. The watchdog, or the State OIG, told members of Congress that it notified the State Department of several “oversight projects” related to the ending of operations at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, according to a letter obtained and published…
Homeland Security Not Allowing Flight Carrying US Citizens From Afghanistan to Land in US: Organizer
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) won’t allow a charter flight carrying U.S. citizens and other evacuees from Afghanistan to land in the United States, said one of the flight’s organizers. Bryan Stern, who founded Project Dynamo, said that 117 people, including 59 children, are stuck in an airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, waiting…
US Urges Beijing to Release The Epoch Times’ Sources Detained for Supplying Information on COVID-19
The U.S. State Department has expressed concern for the 11 Chinese citizens detained for providing information relating to the pandemic to the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times. It also demanded that Beijing cease stifling truthful reporting in the country. “The United States calls on the PRC [People’s Republic of China] government to release journalists…
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