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U.S. comments on China's "rights lawyers" "violates spirit of law"

Xinhua, July 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the United States' comments on the cases of so called "human rights lawyers" were a flagrant interference of China's internal affairs and judicial sovereignty.

"The United States does not care about the rights of China's 1.3 billion people, just a dozen or so people who are undergoing legal procedures," spokesperson Lu Kang said at a daily press briefing, responding to U.S. State Department spokesperson John Kirby's statement on some Chinese "rights lawyers" arrested one year ago.

Lu said that China is governed by rule of law. Anyone who breaks the law should be punished, regardless of his or her identity.

"The United Stats' interference in China's domestic affairs through the issue of human rights cannot succeed," he said. Endit