I want to make sure I'm on the right tab here regarding prisoners of conscience. Just so you know, BillC-281, which passed right through the House of Commons, including this committee, in the 44th Parliament, actually had the definition of prisoner of conscience, and it was supported by all parliamentarians.
When you look at that definition, which we lifted from the bill and brought back here—it was clause 6 in the old one—that goes a long way. Amnesty International was also first to coin the term prisoner of conscience. That is by far the better definition for the people for whom we're advocating.
With regard to human rights defenders, yes, most prisoners of conscience and political prisoners are human rights defenders. However, it sometimes goes beyond that, and I don't think we should try to pigeonhole ourselves into just standing up for human rights defenders, when we're also going to be supporting political prisoners and prisoners of conscience who are standing up against government corruption. We're talking about those who are standing up against what we're witnessing right now in Russia. People in the streets who stood up against Vladimir Putin for his invasion of Ukraine, were thrown in jail. They may not necessarily fit into the definition of just being human rights defenders.