Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I watched that interview with the Chinese ambassador and so did most people here in the U.K. We were all appalled by his responses and heartened by the tough interviewing techniques of that particular person who interviewed him, Andrew Marr. For what it's worth, there is a fever

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The—

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I think there's such outrage right now across the world about this whole story. I'm speaking to you from the U.K., where there is similar outrage right now in the British Parliament about the Uighur situation. I've been testifying in the Australian Parliament about the Magnitsky

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Can I carry on?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would recommend that, if possible, you come up with an amendment to the Magnitsky act that requires either a trigger or some type of compelled reporting to Parliament that gives you more oversight of why sanctions have been applied or have not been applied and that holds the go

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'll go first. It's an excellent question and a real issue. In our Magnitsky justice campaign, we always said to ourselves that getting the law passed is only 50% of the work, and then the other 50% is actually getting it implemented. We found an interesting tool to use in the

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The beauty of the Magnitsky act is that it doesn't sanction the country. Why is that beautiful? A lot of people in China are victims of the regime as well, so you end up in a situation where instead of sanctioning the perpetrators, you're sanctioning the victims. I don't think Ca

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  First of all, I should say that the Magnitsky act is not dependent on having assets in Canada. The purpose of sanctioning somebody under the Magnitsky act is to name and shame those individuals. If they have assets in Canada, that's a plus. If we look at the more than 200 people

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Can I respond to that? I have some experience with Canadian law enforcement in relation to money laundering investigations. In the Magnitsky case, we identified millions of dollars—from the crime that Sergei Magnitsky exposed and was killed over—coming to Canada. We filed a cri

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  —formal complaints they could have ever received.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Chairman, members of the committee, thank you for giving me this opportunity to address you today on the shocking persecution of the Uighur minority in China. I come to this from a slightly different angle than other people on the panel and other people who have testified. Some