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Savas Tsivicos, a Monmouth County resident, testifies at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission's June 30th hearing on human rights in Turkish-occupied Cyprus.

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South China Morning Post article on Smith-Moolenaar letter to DOJ'US lawmakers urge justice agency to fully investigate Tiananmen display break-in'
July 10, 2026

By Mark Magnier Published July 10, 2026 at 11:16 AM The heads of a US Congressional committee and a commission focused on China have called on the Justice Department to fully investigate a break-in and reported vandalism at a California museum commemorating the Tiananmen Square crackdown. “The Justice Department and FBI should investigate vandalism at the [June 4th Memorial Museum] to protect the inalienable rights of the Chinese diaspora seeking freedom in the United States,” said a three-page ... More

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Calling for stronger DOJ-FBI response to transnational repressionSmith, Moolenaar urge DOJ to probe vandalism of June Fourth Massacre Memorial Museum as potential act of transnational repression
July 9, 2026
Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), and John Moolenaar (R-MI), Chairman of the House Select Committee on China, sent a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche urging the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the recent vandalism of the June Fourth Massacre Memorial Museum in El Monte, California, as a potential act of transnational repression. According to public reporting, unknown individuals broke into the Museum short... More

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Armenian Weekly article on Smith's Cyprus hearing'Congressional panel calls out Turkey's aggression and denial'
July 9, 2026

By ANCA Published July 9, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission convened back-to-back hearings on June 3 and June 30 documenting Turkey’s political imprisonment of dissidents, its denial of the Armenian Genocide, and its continued occupation of areas in the north of Cyprus. Witnesses called on Congress and the administration to expand Global Magnitsky sanctions against Turkish officials, designate Turkey a Country of Particular Concern for religious freedom violations, p... More

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Military.com article on Smith-Moolenaar letter to DOJ'Lawmakers Press DOJ to Investigate Tiananmen Square Museum Vandalism, China Ties'
July 9, 2026

By Nick Mordowanec Published July 9, 2026 at 12:36 PM EDT Two House lawmakers are calling on the federal government to step in following reported vandalism of a California museum. Reps. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), and John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House Select Committee on China, sent a letter on Wednesday to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche calling on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the recent vandali... More

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OSV News article featuring Smith's commentary'Ezra Jin Mingri, Chinese prisoner of conscience, released to US'
July 6, 2026

By Kate Scanlon Published July 6, 2026 at 3:35 PM WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Ezra Jin Mingri, founder and pastor of an underground church in China and a prisoner of conscience in that country, was released from imprisonment and reunited with his family in the U.S. shortly before Independence Day, U.S. officials said. At a May summit in China, President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to release political prisoners of interest to the U.S., including Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong’s prominent C... More