Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  What is happening nowadays on our planet is that we are having the clash of Chinese imperialism, on the one hand, and the legacy of the Anglo-American empires from the past, on the other hand. Now China is a growing empire, an ambitious empire that is expanding. During our visi

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, if I may.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  To your question about what Canada should do, your point on engaging civil society in Muslim countries is very good. As we know, many Muslim countries lack democracy. On the other hand, we have Muslim countries that practise democracy, from Indonesia to Malaysia and Turkey. There

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, that would be a very appropriate step for Canada. However, the observers, if China will accept them, should be very demanding and should not allow the Chinese to determine their agenda. I know many diplomats and journalists who were sent to Xinjiang. They had guided tours. W

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, thank you. I just wanted to respond to your question and to Jacob when he asked, where are the OIC, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan? There is something that we are not doing right when it comes to the question of Xinjiang and the Uighurs. Number one is that the United States ha

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, Iqra, that is right. China is under a lot of pressure. We saw, even during our visit in Xinjiang, the first-class treatment the Chinese authorities were giving to us, hoping we would give a more positive view to the outside world about what Xinjiang is today and the situatio

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Fine. I'm sorry.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  On our visit, we were on a guided tour and we were not given much freedom to investigate and to understand what was going on. During our visit in major cities like Aksu and Kashgar, we tried to talk to the locals, but the Chinese Communist officials violently separated us from sp

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Can I jump in?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I visited these concentration camps in Xinjiang in 2019. Perhaps I can add to what has been said. The Chinese government has been so much worried about what we are saying in the west about the presence of these concentration camps. I was part of a group of journalists and diplom

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Hello, everyone. My name is Olsi Jazexhi. I'm a historian and a scholar of Islam. In 2019 I wanted to understand the situation of the Muslims in Xinjiang. For this reason, I visited Xinjiang from August 16 to 25. We were a group of journalists invited by the State Council Info