Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned the Chinese regime’s retaliatory sanction on a former U.S. religious freedom official, saying that Beijing’s intimidation tactics wouldn’t deter international scrutiny.
“Beijing’s attempts to intimidate and silence those speaking out for human rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of religion or belief, only draw additional international attention and scrutiny to its egregious abuses,” Blinken said in a statement on May 27, a day after the regime blacklisted a former U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) commissioner.
