APEC: Trudeau Urged to Call on Chinese Leader to End Falun Gong Persecution
While at APEC, Canadian Falun Gong adherents want Trudeau to intercede with Xi Jinping for their imprisoned fellow adherents in China
Vancouver resident Sun Qian is one of more than 10 Falun Gong practitioners with Canadian connections illegally detained or incarcerated currently in China. While at the APEC summit in New Guinea this weekend, Canadian Falun Gong adherents want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to intercede with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on behalf of their imprisoned fellow adherents in China. The Epoch Times
With Justin Trudeau heading to Papua New Guinea for the APEC summit this weekend, Falun Gong practitioners in Canada are asking the prime minister to intercede with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on behalf of their imprisoned fellow practitioners in China.
Canadian citizen Sun Qian has been detained in Beijing since February 2017. In addition, there are currently 10 family members of Canadians imprisoned in China because they practise Falun Gong, a traditional Chinese spiritual discipline.
Joan Delaney
Senior Editor, Canadian Edition
Joan Delaney is Senior Editor of the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times based in Toronto. She has been with The Epoch Times in various roles since 2004.