Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Politics | State Dept. Accuses China of Rights Abuses Not Seen ‘Since the 1930s’ Advertisement Supported by ByDavid E. Sanger March 13, 2019 WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared on Wednesday that China is “in a league of its own when it comes to human rights violations,” and one of his top officials compared Beijing’s roundup of Muslim minorities to movements into camps not seen “since the 1930s.” The official, Michael Kozak, who heads the State Department’s human rights bureau, did not explicitly mention Nazi Germany or the creation of concentration camps, but that was clearly the comparison he was making. Taken together, the statements amounted to the most direct condemnation the United States has made to the roundup of millions of … [Read more...] about State Dept. Accuses China of Rights Abuses Not Seen ‘Since the 1930s’