“It’s easy to go after China for what they do to the Uyghurs. It’s easy to go after Russia for them clamping down on human rights and political rights. That’s easy. The test is whether we, as a country, apply those standards to our friends,” says Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). Van Hollen questions whether the United States consistently applies human rights standards to its allies, citing Indian President Narendra Modi on religious rights, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on political rig

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