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Canada-China Relations committee  Good afternoon, thank you. It is an honour to participate in today's meeting, and thank you for your attention to the important matter of deteriorating freedom in Hong Kong. I am the director of advocacy at Freedom House, a non-partisan, independent watchdog organization dedica

August 13th, 2020Committee meeting

Annie Boyajian

Canada-China Relations committee  I think it's critical for Prime Minister Trudeau to impose meaningful penalties on Chinese and Hong Kong officials who have committed rights violations. We have already seen this be very effective in the United States. China's prickly response can tell you how effective it was. T

August 13th, 2020Committee meeting

Annie Boyajian

Canada-China Relations committee  On Taiwan—and I'm sure Professor Cohen will have more to say—we are concerned. I heard the previous panel say that they think it is next. With things like the Chinese government trying to bully Taiwan out of multilateral institutions, as we've seen with the World Health Organizat

August 13th, 2020Committee meeting

Annie Boyajian

Canada-China Relations committee  This is the first time Freedom House and the first time Mr. Abramowitz have been sanctioned. Those sanctions are unspecified. As I mentioned, last December we were slapped with organizational sanctions by the CCP, as were several other American organizations, such as Human Rights

August 13th, 2020Committee meeting

Annie Boyajian

Canada-China Relations committee  Doing it multilaterally is always better. The more countries that do it, the better, but these are very effective targeted sanctions. Similar to your own Magnitsky Law, these block visas of the sanctioned individuals so they cannot come to the U.S., and they also freeze any U.S.-

August 13th, 2020Committee meeting

Annie Boyajian

Canada-China Relations committee  I think that if China is looking to de-escalate tensions, a great way to do that would be for them to start following their own domestic laws and international commitments they have already agreed to. I think sanctions always need to be weighed carefully. In this case, this is

August 13th, 2020Committee meeting

Annie Boyajian

Canada-China Relations committee  I believe yes, you should be. It would be an escalation to see wide-scale arrests of Canadian citizens, but it would not be unprecedented, as you've seen with Mr. Chu's case.

August 13th, 2020Committee meeting

Annie Boyajian

Canada-China Relations committee  I do. That's the short answer. I actually think that now is a good time for every nation, not just Canada, to take a good, hard look at its China policy. The national security law, the forced imposition of it in Hong Kong and the fact that it really does reach everyone everywhere

August 13th, 2020Committee meeting

Annie Boyajian

Canada-China Relations committee  Sure, thank you. I think it's critical. You can divide it into broad categories. There's a real need, I think, in democracies around the world, including Canada, for transparency. Where is information coming from? How has the United Front Work Department, which is China's propa

August 13th, 2020Committee meeting

Annie Boyajian

Canada-China Relations committee  Sure. I would just say that regardless of who is in control, our position at Freedom House is that trade and security and human rights are inextricably linked. There was a lot of “business as usual” across presidential administrations in the U.S., be it under Bush or Obama. No

August 13th, 2020Committee meeting

Annie Boyajian

August 13th, 2020Committee meeting

Annie Boyajian