Tan Wenhao: Australian government and government are concerned about Hong Kong's consultation on the Magnitsky Bill of Rights

Politics

Written by: Zheng Baosheng

2019-12-04 19:26

Anti-revision storms have developed into legislative sanctions against human rights violations in a number of countries, causing dissatisfaction between the Chinese and Hong Kong governments. In addition to passing the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act specifically for Hong Kong, the United States has actually launched the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (referred to as "Magny" Zicky Act).

A number of countries are considering the version of the Magnitsky Act. Tan Wenhao of the Citizens' Legislative Assembly pointed out that Australia today (4th) launched a public consultation on local legislation.

Tan Wenhao (second from right) said that the two major parties, the Liberal Party and the Labour Party, supported the legislation of the Magnitsky Act. (Tan Wenhao Facebook)

Australia's two major parties support legislation

Tan Wenhao said that in the past few days, he has met with more than 20 members of the House of Representatives of the Liberal Party of Australia and the opposition Labour Party. Both major parties in the opposition and opposition have paid close attention to the situation in Hong Kong and support the legislation of the Magnitsky Act to punish violations Human rights persons, such as restrictions on entry and freezing of the person's assets in Australia. The bill is in public consultation today.

In addition to the United States, many countries have passed or are reviewing the Magnitsky Act or similar bills, such as Canada's Passion of Justice for Victims of Foreign Corrupt Officials as early as 2017.

EU pushes European countries to review

The Dutch parliament also passed a motion in November, requiring the government to pass the Dutch version of the "Magnitsky Act" by January 31, 2020. The country ’s parliamentarians also joined 50 European parliamentarians to urge the EU to conclude as soon as possible The EU version of the Magnitsky Act, and as early as March this year, the EU has urged 28 member states to enact the Magnitsky Act themselves.

British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab also said in October that Britain will launch the British version of the "Magnitsky Act" after Brexit.

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