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On the recordNovember 28, 2023
The number of people who have suffered under the PRC's repression is staggering, but the scale of the tragedy in Xinjiang demands that we remember the individual human lives that have been oppressed, detained, separated from their loved ones, tortured, and made to suffer in many other ways.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Meeks emphasizes the need to recognize individual suffering under China's repression in Xinjiang.

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