July 20, 2021 marked the 22nd anniversary of the onset of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). On this somber anniversary, 34 Members of Parliament (MP) and Senators in Canada wrote a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau, calling on the Canadian government to openly condemn the persecution of Falun Gong and apply broader sanctions to Chinese individuals who took part in the persecution.

Furthering International Justice and Human Rights in Sanctioning Perpetrators
“With this anniversary, we, the undersigned, urge the government to condemn the relentless human rights violations of Falun Gong practitioners and call for the Chinese Communist Party to end the persecution,” wrote the letter.

The parliamentarians said that “We also urge our government to impose sanctions against Chinese officials for their gross human rights violations of Falun Gong practitioners, pursuant to the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law).”

“On account of the gravity and scale of the human rights violations of Falun Gong, we believe that sanctions against the perpetrators will be effective in furthering the interests of international justice and human rights.”

They noted that “For 22 years, communist officials in China have carried out a state-sponsored, nationwide campaign of hate propaganda, arbitrary detention, illegal imprisonment, torture, extrajudicial killing, and large-scale organ harvesting targeting the tens of millions of adherents of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice guided by the principles of Truth, Compassion, and Tolerance.”

“We implore our government to take the necessary actions to address the ongoing gross injustices happening toward Falun Gong practitioners in China.”

Please read the full Minghui report here: