On Human Rights Day, Lawmaker Encourages Advocates to ‘Keep up Pressure on China’

Human rights are ‘non-negotiable,’ says Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.).

Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.) speaks onstage during the 2023 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York in New York, on Sept. 18, 2023. John Lamparski/Getty Images for Concordia Summit

WASHINGTON—With the Chinese Communist Party among the worst human-rights abusers on earth, Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.) said her biggest worry is that the world is not even paying attention.

That’s why on Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, she helped put together a human rights forum on Capitol Hill, bringing a coalition of groups who sometimes feel “there are not enough people on the Hill listening.”