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Katrina Lantos Swett: “Any independent religious expression is targeted in China . . . unless practitioners of whatever faith basically submit…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2015
Any independent religious expression is targeted in China . . . unless practitioners of whatever faith basically submit to government-controlled religious organizations and religious worship, they are at risk of becoming a target.
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Katrina Lantos Swett

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Lantos Swett highlights the repression of religious freedom in China.

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