Opinion: This Canadian has been jailed by China for 15 years. Why aren’t the Liberals helping?

December 9, 2021

Since the Liberal party’s assumption of power six years ago, Global Affairs Canada has shifted away from its long-standing commitment to preserving religious freedom around the world, something our country upheld for many years. In fact, in 2015, the Conservative government led the establishment of the International Contact Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief , which brought together over 30 countries and international organizations to promote and safeguard global religious freedoms.

There are several current examples of religious freedoms being endangered around the globe, but the genocide of Uyghur Muslims is one of the most serious human rights violations in recent history. Canada has failed to provide the leadership on this issue that the rest of the world expects of it, despite the fact that this tragedy is intimately connected to such Canadians as Huseyin Celil.

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