Time to sanction rights-abusing Chinese officials under Canada's Magnitsky Act, experts say

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Not a single Chinese official has been listed under the legislation since it was implemented 18 months ago

By some estimates, China has confined two million members of its Uyghur minority in camps where language and religion are systematically suppressed, prompting fears of a vast cultural genocide.

Some experts say it’s time for that to change, despite the already toxic relationship between the two countries. They’re urging the government to look at adding People’s Republic functionaries to those of five other nations already targeted by the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act.

And it is not just the Muslim minority who are prompting thoughts of China and the legislation. In December, the Falun Gong’s Canadian branch provided Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland with a list of 14 names of individuals it says masterminded persecution of that religious group. But he declined to respond to questions about whether the government would actually consider wielding Magnitsky against Chinese officials.

The catalogue of names now includes 30 Russians, 19 Venezuelan officials, three from South Sudan, one leader in Myanmar and 17 Saudi Arabian citizens linked to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

 

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Isn’t it the crime against humanity when thousands of innocent people were brutally killed in the streets of Urumqi in 7.5,2009?Isn’t it the crime against humanity when terrorist attack happened in Kunming Railway Station in 3.1,2014?

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No! China can do Canada a FAVOR by giving those guys the death penalty. WE...should learn from them & do the same.

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