Ottawa’s reaction to a new Chinese law on ethnic unity is tepid and does not live up to Canada’s promise to stop foreign governments from threatening diaspora abroad, a Uyghur rights activist said.
The law, which Beijing enacted in early July, gives a legal basis for the Chinese government to prosecute people or organizations outside China if their actions are deemed to harm the progress of “ethnic unity.”
“It is a textbook example of transnational oppression,” said Mehmet Tohti, executive director of the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project.
“Our reaction to China is fading away, day by day, week by week. And then we don’t hear too much about transnational repression or gross violations of human rights.”…