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Tim Walz: “We urge China today to end this ongoing illegal detention and to free Chen and his family.”

On the recordOctober 31, 2011
We urge China today to end this ongoing illegal detention and to free Chen and his family.
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Tim Walz
Democratic · Minnesota

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Walz calls for the release of Chen Guangcheng and his family from detention.

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