The Labor government has always had a “historical position” on human rights when visiting China and India, says Senator Don Farrell.
The Labor government has always had a “historical position” on human rights when visiting China and India, says Senator Don Farrell. “We raise them wherever we find them, we don’t treat India any differently in terms of our approach to human rights,” he told Sky News Australia.
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