The U.S. State Department has criticized Beijing’s recent human rights forum, saying Chinese authorities used the event to distort internationally recognized human rights concepts while concealing abuses at home and abroad.
The department told Voice of America via email that it remains deeply concerned about abuses targeting religious groups, dissidents, Uyghurs, Tibetans, Christians, and others. It also said it opposed Beijing’s transnational repression, saying such actions violate the sovereignty of the United States and other countries.
Beijing held its 2026 Forum on Global Human Rights Governance from June 11 to June 12. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said it co-hosted the forum with the Chinese State Council Information Office and that it was built around the 40th anniversary of the U.N. Declaration on the Right to Development….
Beijing Uses Human Rights Forum to Distort Norms, Mask Repression, US Says
