July 21, 2020 UN official, in recording, talks of getting US ‘off the UN's back,’ preventing cuts with whistleblower system A recording of a U.N. investigator talking about a system to speed up U.N. investigations that “gets the Americans off the U.N.’s back” and avoids the U.S. reducing its financial contribution is sparking fresh calls for the Trump administration to do exactly that.
July 20, 2020 Pompeo, State Department sharpen criticism of China on virus and rights abuses Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his department are stepping up attacks against China over the country's human rights abuses and handling of the coronavirus, barbs that come as observers around the world are outraged at Beijing's treatment of pro-democracy protesters and of Uyghur Muslims.
July 17, 2020 Rep. Vicky Hartzler: Trump right to act against China for its inhumane crimes against Uighur minority For far too long, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his communist regime have been allowed to trample the basic human dignity of the Uighur population in Xinjiang.
July 16, 2020 Pompeo declares American way of life 'is under attack,' hits NYT’s 'Marxist' 1619 project in fiery speech Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday declared that the American way of life is “under attack” in a speech unveiling a new report on “unalienable rights’ and hit the New York Times for promoting “Marxist” ideology
July 16, 2020 Pompeo says China 'was aware' of human coronavirus transmission before telling world, WHO was 'co-opted' Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told "Bill Hemmer Reports" Thursday that the Chinese government "was aware of human-to-human transmission" of the coronavirus "before they shared this with the world."
July 16, 2020 Ralph Reed: Trump, Pompeo human rights agenda strong in face of abuses across the globe The Trump administration has demonstrated a strong commitment to human rights, making the promotion of religious liberty and the rights of conscience the lodestone of U.S. diplomacy.
July 16, 2020 NASA scientist held as a political prisoner in Turkey is freed, reflects on his US freedoms American NASA scientist Serkan Golge, 40, returned to his Texas, home earlier this month after years in a Turkish prison cell in what U.S. officials had long deemed an example of Ankara taking political prisoners.
July 15, 2020 US appears to change policy on Beijing’s ‘unlawful’ actions in the South China Sea The United States and China have long been at odds over maritime freedom in the South China Sea, but this week marked the first time that Washington made an official policy shift to clamp down on Beijing’s activity – calling it “illegal” and thus opening the legal floodgates to a potential military response.
July 15, 2020 State Department imposes sanctions on employees of Chinese tech companies, including Huawei Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Wednesday that the U.S. will impose sanctions on some employees of Chinese tech companies like Huawei, over their role in "facilitating human rights abuses."
July 14, 2020 China places sanctions on Lockheed Martin over arms sales to Taiwan China announced Tuesday that they will be placing sanctions on U.S.-based defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp., for their missile sales to Taiwan.