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David Cicilline: “We should urge the Chinese Government not to repatriate North Korean defectors back to North Korea.”

On the recordOctober 31, 2017
We should urge the Chinese Government not to repatriate North Korean defectors back to North Korea.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Cicilline emphasizes the need to protect North Korean defectors from repatriation to avoid torture.

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