A new State Department report on religious freedoms finds China is one of the worst offenders worldwide. Other countries including Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan and India.
IRIS Independent Research President Dr. Rebecca Grant discusses U.S. and Chinese officials meeting in Vienna amid growing tensions.
"Governments in many parts of the world continue to target religious minorities using a host of methods, including torture, beatings, unlawful surveillance and so-called re-education camps," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on the rollout of the International Religious Freedom Report at the State Department in Washington, D.C. May 15, 2023.
Beijing pushed back on the findings and on Tuesday said Washington’s assertions"lack[ed] factual basis and distort[ed] China’s ethnic and religious policies."
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