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Rights Groups Urge Ottawa to Sanction Hong Kong Officials Over ‘Repressive Policies’

A coalition of rights groups is urging Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly to impose targeted sanctions on key Hong Kong officials responsible for issuing bounties on pro-democracy activists in exile and fuelling Beijing’s transnational repression.In an open letter dated Feb. 24, the Vancouver Society...

MP, Rights Groups Urge Action on Gaps Identified in Foreign Interference Inquiry Report

Rights advocates and diaspora community representatives gathered in Ottawa on Feb. 27, urging the federal government to take stronger action on foreign interference and implement the recommendations of the Foreign Interference Commission.Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue released the final report last month, following more than a...
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