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Pompeo condemns China, other foreign foes in announcing human rights report –

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called China’s detention of Uighur Muslims and other ethnic minorities the “stain of the century” as he condemned four major U.S. adversaries in introducing the State Department’s annual human rights report. Pompeo referred to China, Iran, Venezuela and Cuba as examples of “dark places where rights like the ones I described are infringed upon.” Three of the four are the subject of extensive U.S. sanctions, and the United States is locked in a trade battle with China. The annual report to Congress, a fixture for 44 years, is filled with facts and criticisms of allies…

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