{"id":31690,"date":"2021-02-15T11:30:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T19:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=31690"},"modified":"2021-02-15T11:30:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T19:30:42","slug":"secretary-of-state-antony-j-blinken-video-remarks-on-the-declaration-against-the-use-of-arbitrary-detention-in-state-to-state-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=31690","title":{"rendered":"Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken Video Remarks on the Declaration Against the Use of Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>02\/15\/2021 01:48 PM EST<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m honored to\u00a0participate in the launch of this initiative, and I\u2019m grateful to Canada for their leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Arbitrary detention in state-to-state relations is a serious problem. Put simply, this is when someone traveling or living abroad \u2013 for example, a businessperson, a tourist, or someone visiting family \u2013 is detained by the government and falsely charged or sentenced because of the country on their passport. Then they\u2019re used to gain leverage in state-to-state relations. They become a bargaining chip \u2013 a human pawn.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s completely unacceptable. And it\u2019s already prohibited under international human rights conventions. But some countries still do it, and we as a global community have to stand against it.<\/p>\n<p>This kind of arbitrary detention\u00a0goes against the human rights of the people being\u00a0held.\u00a0It brings anguish to their families.\u00a0And it\u2019s a threat to anyone who travels, works, or lives abroad.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to send a clear message to every government that arbitrarily detains foreign nationals\u00a0and tries to use them as leverage:\u00a0this will not\u00a0be tolerated by the international community.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that so many countries are endorsing this declaration is a sign of its strength. Now let\u2019s keep the momentum going. I urge more countries to join us in making it clear that arbitrary detention has absolutely no place in state-to-state relations. Human beings are not bargaining chips. This is a matter of human rights and the rule of law. We\u2018ll stand up for both \u2013 together.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>02\/15\/2021 01:48 PM EST Antony J.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31691,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31690\/revisions\/31691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}