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Chris Smith: “This new wave of attacks against human rights lawyers and human rights defenders really proves that the Xi Jinping…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2015
This new wave of attacks against human rights lawyers and human rights defenders really proves that the Xi Jinping administration has no intention--no intention at all--to obey its own law, let alone international law.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith criticizes Xi Jinping's government for its attacks on human rights lawyers.

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