The US ambassador to Australia has called on the Morrison government to take stronger action against alleged Chinese government political harassment of Australian residents | npomalley
The United States ambassador to Australia has called on the Morrison government to take stronger action against alleged Chinese government political harassment of Australian residents.
Mr Pavlou and his lawyer Mark Tarrant met staff of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, which monitors human rights in China for Congress, and the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, which investigates national security and trade issues between the two nations.University of Queensland student Drew Pavlou is a leader of pro-Hong Kong protests on campus.
Mr Pavlou was twice assaulted by masked men during a pro-Hong Kong democracy rally he arranged on the University of Queensland campus earlier this year. Later, Dr Xu made a statement supporting the "patriotic" actions of pro-Chinese government counter-demonstrators, and Mr Pavlou received death threats after being named in Chinese state-owned media. Dr Xu did not specifically support the acts of violence against Mr Pavlov in his statement.
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