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Chris Smith: I introduced a bill called the Azerbaijan Human Rights Act and it listed the people like her who had been unfairly…

On the recordSeptember 28, 2020
I introduced a bill called the Azerbaijan Human Rights Act and it listed the people like her who had been unfairly incarcerated.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith discusses his past efforts to address human rights abuses in Azerbaijan.

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