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Tom Malinowski: “We've seen human rights lawyers disappeared, churches demolished and crosses torn down and Tibetan Buddhist monks…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 2015
We've seen human rights lawyers disappeared, churches demolished and crosses torn down and Tibetan Buddhist monks setting themselves aflame in desperation at the oppression experienced by their people.
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Tom Malinowski
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Describes severe human rights abuses in China under Xi Jinping.

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