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Chris Smith: I believe that the systematic persecution, detention, and torture of Chinese human rights lawyers appears to be a…

On the recordMay 14, 2012
I believe that the systematic persecution, detention, and torture of Chinese human rights lawyers appears to be a deliberate decimation of the Chinese human rights bar.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith expresses concern over the treatment of human rights lawyers in China.

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