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Canadian Officials Express Concern Over China's Human Rights Violations (Photo) 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
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