Last Sunday (Nov. 15), the Chinese Communist Party’s CCTV was at full power, abusing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with a rare and intense dose of strong language and obscenities. For his part, Pompeo, who is on a visit to Europe, sent strong signals that he will continue to sanction human rights violators, and he has repeatedly condemned the Chinese Communist Party internationally for persecuting human rights and religious beliefs.
In a Nov. 12 interview with the U.S. media, Pompeo said, “Taiwan has never been part of China, and that was recognized in the policies of the Reagan administration, policies that the United States has followed for 35 years now, and both administrations have done so.”
Four days later, Sunday’s CCTV suddenly called Pompeo “scum” and “shit-stirrer” with rare and sharp words, saying he was “like a rogue gambler with a red eye” and “a steelyard with an iron heart.
The People’s Daily overseas edition even published an op-ed, using a series of four-letter words to scold Pompeo for what it called “apocalyptic madness, arrogance, ignorance, sinister intentions, misleading public opinion, disturbing the public’s eyes and ears, extremely sinister, etc.”.
Pompeo, who was visiting Europe on Monday, tweeted the bombshell news that the U.S. will continue to implement the Magnitsky Act and bring those who persecute human rights to justice.
His tweet said: “To date, 55 people have been sanctioned under the Russian Magnitsky Act. The U.S. will continue to work with partners to promote accountability and increase funding to host those involved in the Magnitsky case and human rights abusers.”
Pompeo also explained the origins of the Magnitsky Act, “Eleven years ago today, Sergei Magnitsky died in a Moscow prison for exposing a massive tax fraud with the government. The United States enacted the Magnitsky Accountability Act to promote accountability for human rights abusers.”
Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer and tax investigator who uncovered corruption by a group of interior ministry officials, was jailed and beaten, and Magnitsky died in prison in 2009 at the age of 37. The U.S. The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act was added to the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in 2016.
The act authorizes the President of the United States to block or revoke entry visas or impose property sanctions on foreign countries, including persons and institutions.
The U.S. has already imposed sanctions on CCP entities and individuals under this law, such as on September 15, when the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the CCP’s state-owned entity, Tianjin United Development Group (UDG), and in July imposed sanctions on four current or former government officials in Xinjiang, as well as the Xinjiang Autonomous Region Public Security Bureau.
In May, three U.S. lawmakers sent a letter to Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin naming ten CCP officials who had “violated the 2005 International Health Regulations, the human rights of its citizens, and the fundamental principles of fairness and accountability in international relations” in connection with the outbreak.
Last December, the U.S. government announced the designation of 68 individuals and entities from nine countries for corruption and human rights abuses under the Global Magnitsky Act, which included visa restrictions on Chinese government and Communist Party officials, according to a State Department press statement.
In May 2019, according to Minghui.com, U.S. State Department officials and informed Falun Gong practitioners that they could submit lists of persecutors. Falun Gong practitioners in five countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, submitted batch after batch of compiled lists of Chinese Communist Party evildoers who persecute Falun Gong to their governments, demanding that these evildoers be denied visas and even have their assets frozen in accordance with the law.
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