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Tom Lantos: “Today the international human rights community commemorates the fortieth anniversary of the uprising of the Tibetan…”

On the recordMarch 10, 1999
Today the international human rights community commemorates the fortieth anniversary of the uprising of the Tibetan people against Communist Chinese oppression.
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Tom Lantos
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congress.gov
Mar 10, 1999

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Commemoration of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese oppression.

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