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Chris Smith: These detentions were lawless, brutal, and shocking.

On the recordSeptember 17, 2015
These detentions were lawless, brutal, and shocking.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith describes the crackdown on human rights lawyers in China.

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