The Detail: NZ's light touch on challenging China over human rights

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What can democracies, including New Zealand, do to push China on human rights issues - when it can use its economic clout to punish political statements ...

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China's human rights abuses have been well documented, as the Communist Party has sought to cement its rule and stamp out dissent.

It has worked to repress ethnic minorities in border regions like Tibet and Xinjiang, pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, lawyers, artists, journalists, the rainbow community and ordinary people voicing their opinions about things like the extended Covid lockdowns.

Even as the world has become increasingly aware of this repression, countries - including New Zealand - have become increasingly reluctant to criticise Beijing and are usually very tentative when they do.

They're worried about the Chinese government using its economic clout to punish political statements.

This week on The Detail, Sophie Richardson, a renowned advocate for human rights in China, talked about what New Zealand could - and should - do.

"I don't think any democratic government is doing enough to try to improve the human rights situation inside the country," says Richardson, who's the co-executive director of Chinese Human Rights Defenders.

She's been a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University's Center for Democracy and served as China Director at Human Rights Watch for 17 years. She's also been sanctioned by Beijing for her advocacy.

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