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Chris Smith: Persecuting the men and women who toil to ensure that human rights, the rule of law and democracy, are respected in…

On the recordFebruary 15, 2012
Persecuting the men and women who toil to ensure that human rights, the rule of law and democracy, are respected in Egypt is not only unconscionable, but it is absurd.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith condemns the persecution of human rights advocates in Egypt.

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