On the recordMay 16, 2023
We have China engaged in slave labor with the kind of a million Uyghurs; we have them taking away the Tibetan children to boarding schools when they are just 5 or 6 years old.
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Merkley highlights human rights abuses in China, including Uyghur labor and Tibetan children's rights violations.
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