Canadian Lawmakers Speak in Remembrance of Largest-Ever Peaceful Protest in China

Canadian Lawmakers Speak in Remembrance of Largest-Ever Peaceful Protest in China
Conservative MP Peter Kent arrives to a meeting in Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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Canadian legislators have voiced support of the faith group Falun Gong ahead of the anniversary of their peaceful protest in Beijing 22 years ago, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a brutal persecution campaign against its adherents.

“I dream of a day when human rights advocates are no longer considered to be enemies of the Chinese state; of a day when Chinese television no longer broadcast confessions obtained through blackmail and torture; a day when political prisoners are no longer subject to organ harvesting,” Conservative MP Peter Kent said in a statement.