State Department Briefing
State Department Spokesperson Ned Price briefed reporters following remarks by Kari Johnstone, the acting director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons on the…
37 viewsState Department Spokesperson Ned Price briefed reporters following remarks by Kari Johnstone, the acting director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons on the…
37 viewsSecretary of State Antony Blinken spoke at an event to launch the 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report.
141 views“How many more times does a witness need to sit in front of you and describe the horrors of the Assad regime,” asked the “Gravedigger,” a former forced citizen gravedigger in Syria, during the…
1,196 viewsThe House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security held a hearing on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine after four months of attacks from Russia. In the first panel, Chef Jose Andres, the…
575 viewsHudson Institute senior fellow Nury Turkel, who was born in a Chinese re-education camp, talked about China’s surveillance and repression of the Uyghurs who reside in the northwest province…
296 viewsFormer California prosecutor Maggy Krell discussed her efforts to prosecute the owners of Backpage.com for sex-trafficking. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted this…
321 viewsSteven Cook, Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow, talked about President Biden’s upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia. He also talked about oil, Iran, Israel, Saudi human rights abuses,…
477 viewsSecretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain made remarks on the 2021 International Religious Freedom report. The report…
257 viewsAt the start of the daily State Department briefing, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain spoke about the release of the 2021 Report on International Religious…
131 viewsHumanitarian aid and International law experts talked about the role hunger plays in armed conflict. They appeared before during a virtual hearing of Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.
184 viewsSecretary of State Blinken spoke with reporters at the State Department about the release of the 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Spokesperson Ned Price followed up with his…
269 viewsSecretary of State Antony Blinken met with U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi at the State Department.
115 viewsViewers responded to the question “How should the U.S. and NATO respond to Russian atrocities?”
322 viewsMichael Newton, a Vanderbilt University Law professor and war crimes expert, talked about the process of prosecuting war crimes in the International Criminal Court.
209 viewsJessica Stern, the State Department’s special envoy to advance the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons, testified on the steps the Biden administration is taking to ensure the rights of LGBTQI+…
222 viewsViewers commented on U.S., NATO, and EU meetings on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as well as the decision by the Biden administration to admit Ukrainian refugees to the U.S.
1,183 viewsThe House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe held a hearing on suspected war crimes and other human rights abuses allegedly committed by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine. Experts…
760 viewsThe Hudson Institute held a virtual discussion with House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) on China, human rights, and the 2022 Winter Olympics in…
54 viewsThe Heritage Foundation hosted a discussion on China and human rights prior to the start of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The discussion included pre-recorded remarks from Representative…
127 viewsMinky Worden, director of global initiatives at Human Rights Watch, discussed Chinese human rights abuses.
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