{"id":589497,"date":"2021-07-12T22:51:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T02:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589497"},"modified":"2021-07-12T22:51:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T02:51:16","slug":"state-dept-releases-2021-report-on-genocide-names-several-problems-countries-including-china-myanmar-and-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-releases-2021-report-on-genocide-names-several-problems-countries-including-china-myanmar-and-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"State Dept. releases 2021 report on genocide, names several problems countries including China, Myanmar and Syria"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fstate-dept-releases-2021-report-on-genocide-names-several-problems-countries-including-china-myanmar-and-syria%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=589497&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--><div id=\"attachment_2454315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2454315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department in Washington. (Ken Cedeno\/Pool via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:41 PM PT \u2013 Monday, July 12, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The State Department updated Congress on its efforts to combat global atrocities including genocide. On Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the release of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/2021-report-to-congress-pursuant-to-section-5-of-the-elie-wiesel-genocide-and-atrocities-prevention-act-of-2018\">2021 Congressional Report<\/a> mandated by the 2018 Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention act.<\/p>\n<p>In the report, Blinken named several problem countries, which included China, Myanmar and Syria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese places represent some of the toughest foreign policy challenges on our agenda and we\u2019ll keep working toward resolutions that reflect our commitment to human rights and democratic values,\u201d he stated. \u201cWe\u2019ll use all of the tools at our disposal including diplomacy, foreign assistance, investigations and fact-finding missions.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am humbled to announce the submission of the third annual report to Congress pursuant to the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018. The United States reaffirms its commitment to preventing, mitigating, and responding to atrocities worldwide. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ElieWieselAct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ElieWieselAct<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vcKlNJFo1d\">pic.twitter.com\/vcKlNJFo1d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken\/status\/1414682907751428096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The report indicated Myanmar has been on the State Department and Department of Defense\u2019s radar since 2016 and 2017, when military leaders reportedly committed atrocities against Rohingya residents in one of its northern states. Trump-era Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called the actions tantamount to \u201cethnic cleansing.\u201d According to State Department researchers, the leaders of the military actions against Rohingya have been responsible for the coup against democratically elected leaders in February of this year.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, China has come under immense scrutiny from the international community for their treatment of Uyghur Muslims, who are a religious and ethnic minority group in the country. The State Department\u2019s assessment of the CCP\u2019s imprisonment, torture and enforced sterilization of Uyghurs constituted serious crimes against humanity and severe violations of religious liberty.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CSOAsstSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CSOAsstSec<\/a> Robert Faucher delivers remarks on the Release of the 2021 Congressional Report Pursuant to the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act. Learn more in the full report here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2iXw2nuWWU\">https:\/\/t.co\/2iXw2nuWWU<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3sDYDIETK1\">pic.twitter.com\/3sDYDIETK1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Department of State (@StateDept) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept\/status\/1414685998592712709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore, The U.S. has been investigating atrocities committed in Syria from ISIS militants and the Assad regime. International reports suggested the two groups were responsible for the genocide of Kurds, Christians, Shia and Sunni Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe it\u2019s important, as I think the secretary has said it several times, to shine, to put a spotlight on these activities,\u201d Assistant Secretary for Conflict and Stabilization Operations Robert Faucher explained. \u201cThat\u2019s one of the best ways from preventing them from happening again in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Blinken vowed to work with partner agencies and foreign governments to ensure global atrocities are stopped and prevented. He commended lawmakers and diplomats from both sides of the aisle for their bipartisan push to combat global atrocities.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken went on to highlight this has led to the State and Treasury Departments across several administrations to sanction hundreds of individuals and companies with ties to genocide and other crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/president-trump-i-made-possible-private-sector-space-exploration\/\">President Trump: I Made Possible Private Sector Space Exploration<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department in Washington. (Ken Cedeno\/Pool via AP) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 7:41 PM PT \u2013 Monday, July 12, 2021 The State Department updated Congress &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}