Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 20, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticized Hong Kong authorities over their decision to issue a new round of arrest warrants and bounties targeting pro-democracy activists overseas, some of whom are based in the United States.
“The extraterritorial targeting of Hong Kongers who are exercising their fundamental freedoms is a form of transnational repression,” Rubio said in a statement on July 26. “We will not tolerate the Hong Kong government’s attempts to apply its national security laws to silence or intimidate Americans or anyone on U.S. soil.”
