Mark Hanson
Clip Created Jul 3, 2012

CHINESE DICTATORSHIP ENGAGES IN "SYSTEMATIC USE OF TORTURE"

Clipped from:China and Human Rights Abuses
Feb 14, 2012

CHINA HAS BEEN GIVEN "MOST FAVORED NATION STATUS" IN THE WTO, AND IS SUBSIDIZED BY FREE TRADE WITH THE U.S.

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00:00:00 ZHANG SAID YOU CANNOT BE A HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA WITHOUT BEING A RIGHTS CASE YOURSELF.
00:00:06 I WILL SAY THIS AS WELL AS TO MS.
00:00:11 LI AS WELL.
00:00:12 WHEN WE EXPRESS DISSEAFGZ WITH A POLICY OR OUR GOVERNMENT, WE MAY GET AN EDITORIAL THAT IS DAMNING OR SOME UNDER SOME KIND OF PRESS SCRUTINY THAT WE MAY NOT WELCOME, BUT NOTHING, NOTHING THAT EVEN COMES CLOSE TO THE CONSEQUENCES THAT MEN AND WOMEN WHO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS FACE IN CHINA.
00:00:38 I THINK AMERICANS NEED TOO BECOME MUCH MORE AWARE OF THE SYSTEMATIC USE OF TORTURE, THE SYSTEMATIC USE OF -- THERE IS NO TRIALS.
00:00:49 THEY ARE ALL SHOW TRIALS.
00:00:50 THERE IS NO DUE PROCESS OF LAW IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
00:00:54 IT IS A DICTATORSHIP AND YET BOTH OF YOUR HUSBANDS SPOKE OUT BOLDLY, KNOWING THERE MIGHT BE SEVERE AND LONG LASTING CONSEQUENCES TO THEMSELVES AND TO THEIR FAMILIES.
00:01:08 WHAT MOTIVATES THAT KIND OF COURAGE?
00:01:12 YOU HAVE IT AS WELL.
00:01:13 YOU BEAR THE BRUNT AND THE SCARS OF THE DICTATORSHIP AS WELL.
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