Secretary Raimondo Statement on Implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act – and the Newly-Released Strategy to Combat the use of Forced Labor in Supply Chains ICT Supply Chain AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY Tuesday, June 21, 2022 Office of Public Affairs publicaffairs@doc.gov U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo […]
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Implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 21, 2022Share Starting today, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will begin to implement the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act’s provisions to prohibit imports made by forced labor into the United States of […]
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Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 18, 2022 U.S. Citizen and Four Chinese Intelligence Officers Charged with Spying on Prominent Pro-Democracy Activists, Dissidents, and Human Rights Leaders The Defendants Allegedly Conspired to Silence Critics of the People’s Republic of China […]
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Promoting Accountability for Transnational Repression Committed by People’s Republic of China (PRC) Officials PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 21, 2022Share The Department of State is taking action against PRC officials for their involvement in repressive acts against members of ethnic and religious minority groups and religious […]
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Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 16, 2022 Five Individuals Charged Variously with Stalking, Harassing and Spying on U.S. Residents on Behalf of the PRC Secret Police Defendants Participated in Transnational Repression Schemes to Silence Critics of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Residing […]
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OFAC today has designated the following persons: AHMED, Benazir, Bangladesh; DOB 01 Oct 1963; POB Gopalganj, Bangladesh; nationality Bangladesh; Gender Male; Passport B00002095 (Bangladesh) issued 04 Mar 2020 expires 03 Mar 2030; National ID No. 5051953882 (Bangladesh) (individual) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: RAPID ACTION BATTALION). ALAM, Mohammad Jahangir, Bangladesh; DOB 19 […]
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Issuance of the Updated Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 13, 2021Share The U.S. Department of State, alongside the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, […]
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Commerce Department Adds 34 Entities to the Entity List to Target Enablers of China’s Human Rights Abuses and Military Modernization, and Unauthorized Iranian and Russian Procurement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, July 9, 2021 Office of Public Affairs publicaffairs@doc.gov The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added 34 entities […]
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U.S. Actions To Address Forced Labor in Xinjiang, China PRESS STATEMENT NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON JUNE 24, 2021Share Today, the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Commerce, and Department of Labor announced measures to address the People’s Republic of China’s ongoing human rights abuses and use of forced labor in […]
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BRIEFING ROOM FACT SHEET: New U.S. Government Actions on Forced Labor in Xinjiang JUNE 24, 2021•STATEMENTS AND RELEASES At the recent G7 Summit in Cornwall, United Kingdom, the world’s leading democracies stood united against forced labor, including in Xinjiang, and committed to ensure global supply chains are free from the […]
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