An award-winning reporter from Hong Kong has gone missing following a business trip to China in late October, people close to the matter have told Kyodo News.
The Globe and Mail Elizabeth Rowbotham Published April 12, 2021 Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Elizabeth Rowbotham is the chair of the Rule of Law and Lawyer Independence Advisory Committee for the Law Society of British Columbia.
Authorities in Hong Kong have recently arrested citizens there for protesting legislative changes imposed by the Chinese government. But recently, even lawyers have been arrested simply for
representing people who participated in the demonstrations or who are critical of the Hong Kong administration or of Beijing. Those who value democracy and the rule of law should find this alarming, as the number of authoritarian states surges.
The Globe and Mail Michael Chong Published April 12, 2021 Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Michael Chong is the Conservative foreign affairs critic and MP for Wellington-Halton Hills.
China is trying to silence the truth abroad, after having silenced it at home.
Just over two weeks ago, I woke up to news that China’s government had sanctioned me, adding me to a list of officials in the United States, Britain and Europe who have been sanctioned for simply speaking. Speaking against Beijing’s genocide of its Uyghur Muslim minority. Speaking against its crackdown on Hong Kong.