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Huseyin Celil
Huseyin Celil is the forgotten Canadian detained in China
Huseyin Celil, a Canadian citizen, Uyghur activist and Burlington resident, remains detained in China for almost 15 years now. For the last four years, the 51-year-old has been incommunicado — increasing the desperation of his wife Kamila Telendibaeva and...
MPs sound alarm over human rights in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region
A new report tabled in Parliament Friday sounds the alarm about human rights in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region and urges Ottawa to declare a genocide in the region. The report, tabled by the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International...
The hypocrisy of Canada’s genocide declarations
Canada's Global Affairs staff must have felt quite chuffed this week to see their carefully crafted talking points parroted by U.S. President Joe Biden, who declared that "human beings are not bartering chips." It was a reference to the Chinese regime's...
BRIEF – HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION OF THE UYGHURS
BRIEF ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS OF THE UYGHURS: THE CASE OF HUSEYIN CELIL AND DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS | JULY 30, 2020...
Canada must help end genocide of Uighurs in China
Adalet Rahim has been living with the recent knowledge that her mother-in-law was tortured before she died in a detention camp in China’s far-western Xinjiang region back in 2018. She hasn’t been able to bring herself to share this new information with her...
Mohammed: Consular help is woefully uneven for Canadians in distress abroad
In Syria, for example, about 45 Canadian citizens have been languishing in detention camps for months in the northeast. Our government's response to what can properly be seen as a humanitarian emergency has been lacklustre. Huseyin Celil continues to be held in China....
Liberals ‘have to do more’ to free my husband after 14 years in prison, says wife of jailed Huseyin Celil
OTTAWA — The wife of a Canadian citizen imprisoned in China for nearly 14 years says the government must push the Chinese harder to get her husband home. “They have to do more,” said Kamila Celil. “It’s been 14 years. I think it’s enough.” The plight of Huseyin Celil...
Foreign Minister corrects Canadian envoy to China on imprisoned citizen
Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne had to correct ambassador to China Dominic Barton on Thursday after the envoy told MPs a Uyghur-Canadian who has been imprisoned in China for 15 years is not a citizen of this country. Huseyin Celil, a Uyghur...
6 things we learned from Dominic Barton’s appearance before a committee of MPs
Canada's Ambassador to China Dominic Barton appeared before the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations Wednesday evening to talk about all aspects of Canada's relationship with China. During the two-hour exchange between Barton and the MPs on the...