{"id":2112548,"date":"2023-11-30T17:09:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T22:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-rights-groups-call-on-s-f-police-to-investigate-attacks-on-anti-china-protesters-during-apec-summit\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T17:12:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T22:12:22","slug":"lawmakers-rights-groups-call-on-s-f-police-to-investigate-attacks-on-anti-china-protesters-during-apec-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-rights-groups-call-on-s-f-police-to-investigate-attacks-on-anti-china-protesters-during-apec-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers, rights groups urge S.F. Police to probe attacks on Anti-China protesters at APEC Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flawmakers-rights-groups-call-on-s-f-police-to-investigate-attacks-on-anti-china-protesters-during-apec-summit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2112548&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Police \u2063try to detain a man after skirmishes\u200b between\u2063 anti-Chinese Communist Party protesters and pro-China protesters near the Asia-Pacific \u200cEconomic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, on November 16, 2023. The APEC Summit takes place through November 17. (Photo\u200d by Jason Henry \/ AFP)\u2063 (Photo by\u200b JASON HENRY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/taylor-tinsley\">Taylor Tinsley<\/a><br \/>2:05 PM \u200c\u2013 \u200cThursday, \u200bNovember 30, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Human rights groups and Congressional lawmakers are calling for San Francisco police to \u200dinvestigate assaults on anti-China protesters during the recent APEC Summit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Kaiyu Zhang told reporters that he and a\u200c 74-year-old man were assaulted by a group of pro-CCP protesters outside of the San Francisco International Airport on November 17<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI \u2062remember someone just grabbed me from behind and then I remember I kind of lying down and all the people hitting me,\u201d said Zhang.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The incident occurred \u200bas anti-China and pro-Beijing demonstrators clashed during President Xi Jinping\u2019s visit\u200b to the Golden City for the\u2064 APEC Summit.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brave Tibetan speaking\u2063 out against pro-CCP Chinese leaders during \u200cthe APEC Summit. In the end, pro-CCP individuals could only slink back into their dirty pro-CCP rat holes. <br \/>Let&#8217;s amplify their voices and\u2063 show\u200b support! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EndCCP?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EndCCP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeTibet?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeTibet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2MQ6hxlioz\">pic.twitter.com\/2MQ6hxlioz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stop China\u200c (@Uyghurgenocide_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Uyghurgenocide_\/status\/1727984400074473530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHow could this happen in America? This thing\u2019s supposed to only happen in China. \u2063Now we see it happening \u2062in America,\u201d Zhang said. \u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous. And if America ends up like a second \u2064China, then which country can\u2063 I go to escape?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Tuesday, Representative Chris \u2062Smith (R-N.J.) and Senator Jeff\u200b Merkley (D-Ore.), who are the chair and\u2062 co-chair \u2063of the Congressional Executive Commission, expressed their outrage \u2064from videos showing harassment and assault against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-biden-took-donations-from-lobbyist-for-nso-group\/\" title=\"Report: Biden took donations from lobbyist for NSO Group\">human rights activists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe, the Chairs \u2064of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cecc.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/chairs-condemn-violence-against-china-human-rights-advocates-in-the\">CECC<\/a>, strongly condemn the reported violence\u200b perpetrated against individuals exercising their rights of freedom of\u2062 expression and assembly in the United States. We\u2064 urge San Francisco \u2064County police to \u2062review \u200cthese reports and pursue justice as appropriate.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>San Francisco police continue to investigate reports of violence during the demonstration, but\u2064 it\u2019s unclear whether they\u2019ll specifically look into allegations of assault\u200c on anti-China protesters.<\/p>\n<p>One\u200c human rights\u2062 organization accused counter-protesters of being alleged ties to the Chinese consulate, raising concerns \u2062of official Chinese support for such attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department has charged several\u2062 individuals for working with the People\u2019s Republic of \u200bChina.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200cOctober of 2023, two\u2064 people were arrested and 13 others, including members of the PRC security and intelligence apparatus, were charged in separate cases \u2063for alleged efforts to exert influence on \u200cthe\u2064 U.S. for the benefit of \u200bthe PRC government.<\/p>\n<p>The defendants were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/two-arrested-and-13-charged-three-separate-cases-alleged-participation-malign-schemes-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">charged<\/a> \u201cwith participating in a scheme to cause the forced repatriation of a PRC national residing \u2064in the United States\u201d and are accused of \u201cconducting surveillance of and engaging in a campaign to harass and coerce a U.S. resident to return to the PRC as part of an international extralegal repatriation effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, \u2063two U.S. Navy \u200bservice members were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/two-us-navy-servicemembers-arrested-transmitting-military-information-peoples-republic-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrested<\/a><strong> <\/strong>for transmitting military information to China in August of last \u2064year.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox\u2062 for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> <\/p>\n<h2> What actions has the San Francisco police department taken in response to the assaults on anti-China protesters during the\u200c APEC Summit?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Rancisco police have confirmed that\u2062 they are investigating the assaults and\u2063 have requested any witnesses\u2063 or individuals with video footage to come forward. The police \u200bdepartment has also stated that they take these allegations seriously and will not tolerate\u200d any acts of violence or intimidation.<\/p>\n<p>The APEC Summit, attended by leaders from Asia-Pacific economies, was \u200bmeant to be a platform\u2063 for discussing economic\u2064 cooperation \u2062and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tries-to-lock-in-ties-with-japan-and-south-korea-at-camp-david\/\" title=\"Biden solidifies bonds with Japan and South Korea at Camp David.\">addressing regional challenges<\/a>.\u2063 However,\u2062 it \u2063quickly turned into a battleground for opposing groups with \u2064differing\u200b views \u2063on China and its Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>The assault on anti-China protesters highlights the growing tensions and\u200c divisions \u200cregarding China&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rumors-swirl-over-putin-loyalists-health-chechen-ramzan-kadyrov-in-critical-condition\/\" title=\"Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's health sparks rumors: 'Critical condition'\">human\u200d rights record<\/a> and its influence on the \u2062international\u200b stage. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-men-arrested-for-illegal-possession-of-firearms-in-chicago-all-released-on-bond\/\" title=\"3 men in Chicago arrested for illegal possession of firearms, released on bond.\">incident raises questions<\/a> about the ability to exercise freedom of expression and assembly in the United States, a cornerstone of American democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights groups and\u200d lawmakers are rightly demanding a thorough investigation into these assaults, \u200bas well \u200das a review of the security measures in place \u2064during the summit. It is crucial that those responsible for the attacks\u200b are held accountable and that measures are taken to ensure the safety and well-being of protesters, regardless of \u200dtheir political views.<\/p>\n<p>Representative\u200d Chris Smith and Senator Jeff Merkley, in their roles\u2064 as the chair and co-chair of the Congressional Executive\u200c Commission on China, have\u2063 condemned the\u2062 violence\u200c and called on the\u2064 San Francisco County police\u2063 to review the reports and pursue justice. Their statement highlights\u200b the importance of protecting the rights of individuals to express their opinions freely without fear \u2063of reprisal.<\/p>\n<p>The incident not only raises\u200b concerns about the safety of protesters but also about the broader implications for the democratic \u200bvalues and principles that the United States upholds.\u200b If individuals are prevented from expressing their views and protesting \u2063peacefully, it \u2063undermines the foundation of democracy and freedom upon which the country was built.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation into the assaults on anti-China\u200d protesters at the APEC Summit is a critical step towards upholding these values and ensuring that all individuals can exercise their rights\u2064 without fear of violence \u2063or intimidation. It is a reminder that even in a democratic society, constant vigilance and protection of these rights are necessary.<\/p>\n<p>As the investigation progresses, it is essential that the findings are made public and that necessary actions are taken to prevent such incidents from happening in the future. Ultimately, \u200dthe aim should be to create an environment where peaceful dialogue and the \u2063exchange of ideas \u200dcan take place, fostering understanding and progress.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the assaults\u2064 on anti-China protesters during the APEC Summit in San Francisco have raised concerns about the safety of individuals exercising their rights to freedom of expression and \u200dassembly.\u2064 Human rights groups and lawmakers are calling for a thorough investigation into the incidents and for measures to be \u2064put in place\u200c to prevent such violence in the future. This incident serves as a reminder of the importance of protecting democratic \u2064values and principles, and the\u2062 need for constant\u2064 vigilance in upholding these\u2064 rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police attempt to apprehend a man amidst clashes between anti-Chinese Communist Party demonstrators and pro-China supporters near the APEC summit in San Francisco. The summit, occurring until November 17, is captured in a photo by Jason Henry. 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