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A Major Victory in a Small Country: Cyprus Shows Europe the Way Forward in Dealing With China

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A Major Victory in a Small Country: Cyprus Shows Europe the Way Forward in Dealing With China
The inside of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, eastern France, on Feb. 7, 2019. Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images
Peter Dahlin
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The holidays came early to Europe, with a gift for the rule of law and human rights protections offered not by some red-dressed, bearded man but rather by a court in Cyprus.
Peter Dahlin
Peter Dahlin
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Peter Dahlin is the founder of the NGO Safeguard Defenders and the co-founder of the Beijing-based Chinese NGO China Action (2007–2016). He is the author of “Trial By Media,” and contributor to “The People’s Republic of the Disappeared.” He lived in Beijing from 2007, until detained and placed in a secret jail in 2016, subsequently deported and banned. Prior to living in China, he worked for the Swedish government with gender equality issues, and now lives in Madrid, Spain.
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