Lawyer Paul Powlesland wins global compliment for scathing remarks about David Cameron’s welcome for Chinese presidentDavid Cameron mentioned it gently,George Osborne wouldn’t, and even Jeremy Corbyn was fairly muted. But human rights did score one frank airing during Xi Jinping’s visit to the UK after a young British lawyer was filmed politely but firmly confronting a group of Chinese students on the subject.
Paul Powlesland’s discussion about human rights and democracy with a group of young Chinese nationals holding banners to welcome their president to London has gone viral after it was filmed and posted on the Facebook page of a Tibet protest group.
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Source: theguardian.com