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Chris Smith: Documented in the Commission's report is a clear picture of a China where human rights lawyers disappear, black jails…

On the recordNovember 2, 2011
Documented in the Commission's report is a clear picture of a China where human rights lawyers disappear, black jails illegally imprison those who seek to voice dissent, Falun Gong practitioners are mercilessly persecuted, and the internet is censored by the thought police.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith describes the severe human rights violations occurring in China.

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