{"id":116919,"date":"2021-03-29T01:31:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T08:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=116919"},"modified":"2021-03-29T01:31:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T08:31:11","slug":"u-s-condemns-baseless-prc-sanctions-on-u-s-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=116919","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Condemns Baseless PRC Sanctions on U.S. Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;.The United States condemns the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/countries-areas\/china\/\">People\u2019s Republic of China\u2019s (PRC)<\/a>\u00a0baseless sanctions on two U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"external-link-title\">USCIRF<\/span><span class=\"icon-external\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a>) commissioners apparently in retaliation for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/promoting-accountability-for-human-rights-abuse-with-our-partners\/\">U.S. sanctions on PRC officials<\/a>\u00a0connected with serious human rights abuse in Xinjiang.\u00a0 This comes after the PRC\u2019s January sanctions on 28 U.S. officials and July 2020 sanctions on U.S. officials and organizations promoting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/policy-issues\/human-rights-and-democracy\/\">democracy and human rights<\/a>\u00a0around the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailytide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/us_department_of_state_0_87528-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4532\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beijing\u2019s attempts to intimidate and silence those speaking out for human rights and fundamental freedoms only contribute to the growing international scrutiny of the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang.\u00a0 We stand in solidarity with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/countries-areas\/canada\/\">Canada<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/countries-areas\/united-kingdom\/\">UK<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/key-topics-bureau-of-european-and-eurasian-affairs\/#eu\">EU<\/a>, and other partners and allies around the world in calling on the PRC to end the human rights violations and abuses against predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang and to release those arbitrarily detained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;.The United States condemns the People\u2019s Republic of China\u2019s (PRC)\u00a0baseless sanctions on two U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF\u00a0) commissioners apparently in retaliation for\u00a0U.S. sanctions on PRC officials\u00a0connected with serious human rights abuse in Xinjiang.\u00a0 This comes after the PRC\u2019s January sanctions on 28 U.S. officials and July 2020 sanctions on U.S. officials 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