Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  They could be arrested. They could be prosecuted for sedition or they could be treated as a conspirator.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'm sorry. Which organization are you talking about? Could you name the organization?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  There are many journalistic organizations that have gone defunct since I spoke with them and the enactment of the national security law. I suspect the one that I spoke to is already diminished.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  At the beginning, nobody really knew what was happening. The law was imposed by Beijing without any consultation or even transparency. The law became law, and we knew nothing about it until that moment. Then in the following couple of months, people began to understand the severi

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It is dangerous to talk about resistance in Hong Kong now, publicly or even in private. As you mentioned, there are multiple layers and various tools being utilized in the surveillance. There are laws and regulations that encourage reporting of any suspicious speeches or acts. Th

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It is important for the Canadian government to speak up—to speak up for Jimmy Lai, to have a strong stance and speak up on anything that the Hong Kong government is deemed to be violating in international covenants, such as ICCPR—so that the Hong Kong government and Canadians liv

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Well, I think it is well known by now that CSIS has produced reports that the Chinese Communist regime has inserted their interference on local elections—or even national elections—in Canada. That is not new to many Hong Kong Canadians or Chinese Canadians here, but in order to

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'm sorry.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  If I may add to that, I continue to read some Chinese media in Hong Kong and I've certainly noticed that they have really exercised very heavy restraint on reporting anything that is negative about the Hong Kong government or the central Chinese Communist regime. Journalists are

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, esteemed members of the international human rights subcommittee. I'm Fernando Cheung, a former legislative councillor in Hong Kong. Today I stand before you representing Canada-Hong Kong Link, a Canadian registered organization established in 1997 with