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Canada-China Relations committee  I didn't hear. Did you comment, Sophie?

August 11th, 2020Committee meeting

Alex Neve

Canada-China Relations committee  It's a concern about whether we're going to see more and more intensification of the crackdown through social media, Facebook, etc. I think the short answer is yes. That's clearly one of the very specific intentions of having such a broad law as this. I think we're already seei

August 11th, 2020Committee meeting

Alex Neve

Canada-China Relations committee  With respect to the question about whether law reform is needed regarding concerns here in Canada, in the report I'm going to be sending to you that is one of the things we've signalled. The report didn't come down one way or the other as to whether a specific legal reform is nee

August 11th, 2020Committee meeting

Alex Neve

Canada-China Relations committee  I think the reach is far-reaching, and it is exactly in its purposefully vague terminology that scenarios such as the one that we've spoken about in the press release are playing out. These are not just predictions as to what might happen. This is actually how things are playing

August 11th, 2020Committee meeting

Alex Neve

Canada-China Relations committee  I was going to make some of the same points that Sophie made. I would add that, given this backdrop of concern about China's unwillingness to recognize dual nationality—and of course we've seen it in Huseyin Celil's case now for 14 years—I think, if you add to that an overlay

August 11th, 2020Committee meeting

Alex Neve

Canada-China Relations committee  I wonder if Sophie may have more insight on that front than I do.

August 11th, 2020Committee meeting

Alex Neve

Canada-China Relations committee  I'll certainly share the report with the committee so that you can see this in greater detail. One thing we highlight is that when individuals do experience these kinds of threats, which are often, as I said, threats of violence and sexual violence or threats to the safety of fam

August 11th, 2020Committee meeting

Alex Neve

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you very much. It's always a pleasure to have an exchange with an Amnesty member. Yes, the steps that Canada has taken so far matter and are welcome. I think all of us in some way, shape or form have referred to the suspension of the extradition arrangement and the tighten

August 11th, 2020Committee meeting

Alex Neve

Canada-China Relations committee  I would draw a distinction between.... The statement I referred to at the end of June wasn't about the Magnitsky act—

August 11th, 2020Committee meeting

Alex Neve

Canada-China Relations committee  —or sanctions per se. I think, yes, there probably is more space to build the list of countries who gather around those kinds of statements, as opposed to taking more controversial steps like imposing sanctions. That should be a real focus. Canada is a key multilateral player.

August 11th, 2020Committee meeting

Alex Neve

Canada-China Relations committee  I'm sorry that you seem to have interpreted my remarks as a shrug or a lack of concern, because that could not be further from the truth. Amnesty works relentlessly to respond to human rights violations in China and in Hong Kong. We have been very actively engaged around the case

August 11th, 2020Committee meeting

Alex Neve

Canada-China Relations committee  With respect to an overview of Canada's history of standing up for rights and democracy over these last 20-plus years, I probably don't have time and actually would, frankly, admit I probably don't have full knowledge to give you a thorough answer to that question. I would foc

August 11th, 2020Committee meeting

Alex Neve

Canada-China Relations committee  I could say a couple of things and I'm sure my colleagues would as well. Clearly China is not the first government in the world to wrap arguments about stability, security and the safety of society around what is in fact a blatant power grab campaign of repression and intimidat

August 11th, 2020Committee meeting

Alex Neve

Canada-China Relations committee  It's nice to see you again as well. That's a very important question, clearly. I think it is not at all outlandish to be concerned about that, because I think at every turn, be it with respect to what's happening with Meng Wanzhou and her extradition situation or these broader c

August 11th, 2020Committee meeting

Alex Neve

Canada-China Relations committee  What worries me the most is that Amnesty has been following this through the coalition for many years now. It's getting worse, not better. That's my first worry. Second, as I speak with amazing colleagues with other grassroots human rights organizations here in Canada, it's ver

August 11th, 2020Committee meeting

Alex Neve