Thank you to @twtNKDB for the tour of the “Her Day in North Korea” exhibit, where we learned how the DPRK regime controls the everyday lives of North Koreans. The United States will continue to shine a spotlight on the regime’s pervasive human rights abuses.
Official account of the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL). TOU: State.gov/tou RT ≠ Endorsement
- Choi Jinyoung’s father, Choi Chun-gil, has been unjustly detained by the DPRK for more than a decade. The Choi family’s story is a powerful reminder that the tearing apart of families is not an isolated issue – from Korean-American divided families, those abducted from the ROK
- Today is Dr. Gulshan Abbas’s 8th birthday in detention on unfounded charges. The CCP must stop its acts of transnational repression and attempts to silence U.S. citizens through coercion and intimidation and release Dr. Abbas so she can reunite with her family.
- Assistant Secretary Riley Barnes repostedToday, I am sanctioning Cuba’s state-owned energy company, Unión Cuba-Petróleo (CUPET), under President Trump’s EO 14404. Cuba’s Communist elites have weaponized energy as a tool of social control and kleptocratic profit. For decades, the regime has stolen and hoarded available
- Assistant Secretary Riley Barnes repostedThe Murillo-Ortega dictatorship is an enemy of humanity. The Trump Administration will not ignore their crimes and brutality, including the dictatorship’s singular role in the death of political opposition leader Brooklyn Rivera. Today, @StateDept took steps to impose visa
- Assistant Secretary Riley Barnes repostedGreat to host Assistant Secretary @StateDRL during his visit to Mongolia. We are committed to supporting Mongolia’s progress in strengthening democracy, human rights, and religious freedom.
- Thank you to His Eminence Khamba Lama D. Javzandorj for his warm hospitality as I visited the beautiful Gandan Monastery — the Center of Mongolian Buddhism.
- Had meaningful conversations with religious leaders representing multiple faith groups about their experiences in Mongolia.
- Assistant Secretary Riley Barnes repostedToday, @StateDept announced more than $240 million in humanitarian assistance to @CatholicRelief (CRS). This funding will support CRS’ life-saving assistance around the world, leveraging faith in action to address humanitarian needs via their extensive network of local partners.
- “The violent persecution of Christians is a barbaric evil, and my Administration remains firmly committed to ending it in all its forms.” - @POTUS
- Assistant Secretary Riley Barnes repostedOn June 4, the world marks 37 years since the Chinese Communist Party ordered its troops to attack thousands of peaceful demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square. Those who sacrificed to uphold their unalienable rights of free expression and peaceful assembly will be
- I had the privilege of meeting with World Vision and The Asia Foundation to discuss our partnership in the U.S.-Mongolia Child Protection Compact. Because of our effective collaboration with these organizations and the Mongolian government, the US will award an additional $2.25M
- Assistant Secretary Riley Barnes reposted.@SecRubio spoke with Kenyan President @WilliamsRuto about the coordinated U.S.-Kenya response to the Ebola outbreak. Together, we're strengthening disease surveillance and supporting regional health security.













