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Tim Kaine: “The persecution of Uyghurs in China to sort of punish the…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Senator Tim Kaine Discusses Transnational Repression and CCP Influence with Human Rights Experts

Published | Video Starts at 01:38

Ms. Sue and I want to offer it to all of you in the Uyghur area among Uyghurs, and we have many Uighurs who live in Virginia. The persecution of Uyghurs in China to sort of punish the human rights activists living in Virginia or the United States is kind of a thing, and we've seen a lot of examples of it. Are we seeing the same with respect to the persecution of Hong Kongers because of the activity of activists who've left Hong Kong, living in the United States, living elsewhere? (01:38–01:49)

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