Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The Chinese government is indeed taking advantage of the COVID-19 crisis. Evidence already published indicates that the majority of companies in China have a labour shortage because of COVID-19. Uyghurs are being sent to front-line companies to replace Chinese workers in China.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I totally agree with Dr. Kovalio's statement. Also, I grew up there and I witnessed everything. There are mountains of examples I could bring here, but with the time it's not possible. However, the autonomy we have had for a long time is on paper; it's nothing in reality. It's no

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  As of now, I haven't seen any specific legislation that has come out relevant to protecting Uighurs. Yes, we were having phone calls before; now it's nothing. Everything is cut out. We always fear that we're under Chinese embassy surveillance. We feel that. We worry. When we have

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The genocide definition is one simple example. In the Holocaust, hair was shaved and used as wig products. This was in the Holocaust. It's the same right now. It's only one simple example.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It was hair products, including wigs.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  That's an excellent question. Thank you, Iqra. Yes, we're under very tight surveillance. Right now we can't bring our people, our family or anybody in another country. It's a fact. However, we have more than 30,000 Uighurs fleeing all over the country, all over the world, speci

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I don't think Canada has done enough, because until now, the diplomacy between Canada and China has not been normal but Canada's response has been very mild. It should take a hard line in its response. We also request that the China-Canada relations committee meet as soon as poss

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. It's an excellent question. Until now, Canada has done a lot of things, but it is mainly in the areas of our question on the UN and worldwide. However, it's mostly dialogue. We haven't really seen a significant action path until now. Significant action could be....

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Brunelle-Duceppe. In the short term, we want the government to impose an official sanction on the Chinese representatives, because I imagine they have a lot of assets here. I have heard that all the assets of the government officials are primari

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It could be done in the short term. It is a very difficult situation for the government. You can also boycott Chinese products. Some of them come from our region, East Turkestan.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. Recently, on hair products specifically, for example, the U.S. border agency stopped certain types of products probably made with hair from detainees in concentration camps, female detainees. These products come from East Turkestan, so there is a big possibility that these h

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and distinguished members. It's an honour to be here. To begin, I will go straight to our topic, which is the worst human rights tragedy in my homeland. We call it, as I know it, East Turkestan, but China calls it Xinjiang. Uighurs have always faced sy