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Jeff Merkley: “We cannot ignore the atrocities happening in Xinjiang.”

On the recordNovember 17, 2019
We cannot ignore the atrocities happening in Xinjiang.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley stresses the need to acknowledge the human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

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