A State Department spokesman says the US is denying visas to those involved in ‘repression of marginalised religious and ethnic communities’.
The US said on Friday it would keep denying visas to Chinese officials over human rights concerns in Xinjiang, Tibet and elsewhere, vowing accountability despite a thaw in tensions between the powers.
Unlike previous high-profile actions against Chinese officials, the State Department did not identify or give a number of those who would be denied visas or specify if additional people were being blacklisted.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that the US was restricting visas to current or former officials “for their involvement in repression of marginalised religious and ethnic communities”.
