British group "Hong Kong Watch": Canadian MP supports sanctions against Hong Kong officials who violate human rights

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Written by: Ling Junxian

2019-11-28 22:11

US President Trump signed the Hong Kong Bill of Rights and Democracy on November 28. British civil society Hong Kong Watch said on the same day that when more than 60 Canadian cross-party MPs attended a seminar on the status of Hong Kong, most of them agreed to use the Magnitsky Act to sanction human rights violations. Hong Kong officials.

"Hong Kong Monitoring" and the Conservative, Liberal and New Democratic Party (NDP) cross-party representatives and senators participated in the "Hong Kong at a Critical Time" seminar on the 27th. Aileen Calverley, a supervisor in Hong Kong, suggested that Canada use the Magnitsky Act to sanction Hong Kong officials and police officers who violate human rights. Most of the members who attended the meeting expressed their support and asked for a list of sanctions.

The Magnitsky Act originated from Russian accountant Sergei Magnitsky. He was tortured and deprived of medical care by the authorities for participating in exposing corruption of Russian officials, and died in prison in 2009.

The US Congress passed the Magnitsky Act named after him in 2012. The bill was originally aimed at Russia. Senators passed Congress in 2015 to sanction human rights abusers everywhere. Since then, many western countries such as Canada have introduced similar bills.

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