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Gary Peters: “Congress should reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act and consider expanding efforts to channel uncensored news…”

On the recordOctober 4, 2017
Congress should reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act and consider expanding efforts to channel uncensored news and information into North Korea and to asylum-seekers in China through all possible means.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Calls for reauthorization of the North Korean Human Rights Act and increased information access.

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