Forty Canadian parliamentarians from various parties are urging the federal government to call on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to end its persecution of Falun Gong adherents in China. They also want Global Affairs to include a specific mention of Falun Gong among other persecuted groups in its China policy framework.
“We, the undersigned parliamentarians, urge the government to include Falun Gong explicitly in Global Affairs Canada’s China Policy Framework (while other persecuted groups are mentioned), condemn the CCP’s continued attack on this peaceful faith, and call for an end to the persecution in China,” the parliamentarians say in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly….