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e-3190 (Foreign affairs)
E-petition
Initiated by Michelle Williams from Edmonton, Alberta
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
- Canada is a nation that believes in standing up for human rights, the right to practice one's own religion without persecution;
- "No one shall be held in slavery or servitude" and "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment", as stated by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
- Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China, are facing a cultural genocide as a result of the Chinese Government's 're-education policy', and are being violently assimilated, repressed and abused;
- Coercive labor is being done by detainees of Uyghur and Turkic Muslim decent, and there is evidence of population control through forced sterilization of Uyghur women;
- We have learned much from our nation's abuses of Indigenous peoples, and strives to be better and do better locally and abroad; and
- The Government of China has yet to face consequences for its actions.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:
1. Support the findings of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights;
2. Push for greater sanctions where possible and ask for stronger regulation around supply chains where Uyghurs are being forced to work in factories;
3. Raise concerns with appropriate persons regarding China hosting the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, due to ongoing human rights abuses; and
4. Pursue the Magnitsky Law: take restrictive measures in respect of foreign nationals responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights and to make related amendments to the Special Economic Measures Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
- Open for signature
- March 19, 2021, at 11:58 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- April 18, 2021, at 11:58 a.m. (EDT)
