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Chris Smith: Lawyers and activists who stand up for individual rights are detained, often under deplorable conditions, and tortured.

On the recordDecember 12, 2011
Lawyers and activists who stand up for individual rights are detained, often under deplorable conditions, and tortured.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith condemns the treatment of human rights activists in China.

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