By Ying Zi, Minghui/Clearwisdom correspondent

(Clearwisdom.net) Jason Kenney, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Chair of Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Development, told a reporter from the Epoch Times that the new government intends to address these issues with clarity and in a way that reflects Canadian values.

On Oct. 31, 2006, Canadian Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Development held a hearing on human rights in China. Representatives of International Human Rights Development Center and Amnesty International, experts on human rights in China and a professor of Brock University testified at the hearing. They suggested the Canadian government stop the current way of human rights dialog with China and implement human rights sanctions; the government should go beyond dialog to stop China's human rights violations. They also suggested more hearings from a wider circle.

Alex Neve, Representative of Amnesty International, mentioned four cases of human rights violations in China, including the killing of seventeen-year-old Tibetan nun at the Chinese border, and the arrest of Attorney Gao Zhisheng and Falun Gong practitioner Pu Weidong. He said the four cases were only a few of those under investigation by Amnesty International, "Currently, thousands upon thousands of other women, men and young people in every corner of China who face arbitrary arrest, unjust imprisonment, harsh torture, brutal executions because of their beliefs, because of their ethnicity, because of their commitment to justice ¡V deserve nothing less."

After the hearing, Mr. Neve was interviewed regarding organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners in China. He said their international office had been trying to investigate but they were limited because the Chinese government does not allow Amnesty International to conduct on-site investigations.

MP Kenney told the reporter from the Epoch Times, "The new government intends to address these issues with clarity and in a way that reflects Canadian values."

Posting date: 11/8/2006
Original article date: 11/8/2006
Category: Worldwide Support
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/11/3/141666.html

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