Canadian Joint Statement calling for IOC to move
the 2022 Winter Olympics to a free country
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To become a signatory, please click here
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Signatories before official launch of the joint statement
(in alphabetical order)
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(A) Canadian Citizens & Residents
Aassem Abdul-Aziz, UBC Muslim Students Association
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Abdulrezzak Muhammed, Director, Darman Foundation
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Adnan Bhat, Bridging Gaps Foundation BC
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Ai-Men Lau, Advisor, Alliance Canada Hong Kong
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Aliya Khan, Professor of Clinical Medicine, McMaster University
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Alan White, Security Analyst, Hong Kong Global Connect
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Amy Shy, Manager, Blend
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Andrew Apack, President, Taiwanese Human Rights Association of Canada
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Andrew P. W. Bennett, Director, Cardus Religious Freedom Institute
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Andrew Chen, Software Engineer
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Andrew Joseph Wagner, Blockchain Expert, Hong Kong Defense Initiative
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Ari Chow, Health Scientist
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Ben Chong, Health Officer and Civil Servant
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Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
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Brett Byers, Communications Manager, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
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Caara Yeung, Graduate Student
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Cal Mak, Photographer
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Carolyn Laws, Member, Canadian Committee, End Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC)
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Carmel Tanaka, Genocide Prevention BC
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Cecilia Hui, Designer
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Cecilia Ngai, Office Clerk
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Charles Burton, Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
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Chemi Lhamo, Activist
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Cherie Wong, Executive Director, Alliance Canada Hong Kong
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Cherri Ho, Doctor of Education, MPhil
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Cheryl McClellan, Canadian Non-profit Executive
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Cindy Leung, Independent Music Teacher
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Conita Y. Chan, CPA, CGA, Retired CRA Tax Auditor; Member of Friends of Hong Kong Calgary,
New Hong Kong Cultural Club & Movement for Democracy in China Calgary
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The Hon. Consiglio Di Nino, former Senator
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David Chen, Financial Planner
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David N Fisman, MD MPH FRCP(C), Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health,
University of Toronto
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The Hon. David Kilgour, AUTHOR, Columnist, Speaker, Human Rights Advocate,
former Cabinet Minister
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David Roytenberg, Computer Consultant and Writer
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Dean Baxendale, CEO, China Democracy Foundation and Optimum Publishing International
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Dick Chan, Former Member of the Immigration and Refugee Board
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Doris Liu, Director/Producer of In the Name of Confucius documentary
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Eddy Ng, Production Worker
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Edward Chung, President, Formosan Association for Public Affairs, Canada (FAPA Canada)
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Elizabeth McLoughlin, Architect
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Elman Chow, Investment Properties Manager
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Emily Chan, Educator
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Eric Casarotto, School Administrator, St. Lazare, Quebec
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Fatima Benhatta, Human Concern International
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Fenella Sung, Committee Member, CGSB
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Francine Phillips-Sheldon, Placement Coordinator
Fred Litwin, President, Free Thinking Film Society of Ottawa
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Grace Mak, Retired teacher
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Haley Sengsavanh, Journalist
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Hasan Ubul, President of Uyghur Mosque
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Iltaf Sahib, BC Muslim Association
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Iman M'Hiri, Executive Director
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Inky Mark, former MP and former Mayor of Dauphin
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The Hon. Irwin Cotler, Chair, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights,
former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
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Ivy Li, former Design Professor at Sheridan College and Human Rights Activist
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Ina Mitchell, Documentary Journalist
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Jack Hui, Retired Restaurateur
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Jacqueline Wong, Retired Entrepreneur, Senior Citizen
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Jan Wong, Retired Associate Professor, Journalism; former Beijing Correspondent, The Globe and Mail
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Janissa Wagner, Retired Canadian Embassy Administrator, MENSA Canada
John Kennedy, Founder, Plan200.ca
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Johnny Wong, Computer Engineer
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Jonathan Tam, Driver
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Jordan Stuffco, President of the Criminal Trial Lawyers’ Association of Alberta
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Judy Rudin, President, CDDC Strategic Communications
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Karry Chow, Retired Businessman
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Kayum Masimov, Project Manager, Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project
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Keith Maxwell, OMM, CD, Colonel (Retired) Royal Canadian Air Force
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Kofi Achampog, Lawyer
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Kretzmar Philip, Retired Lawyer and Faith Advocate
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Louis Huang, Vancouver Society of Freedom, Democracy & Human Rights for China
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Mabel Tung, Retired Nurse
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Mahwish Yousaf, Global Peace Society
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Maninder Gill, Friends of Canada India
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Manny Lin, Freelancer and Political Commentator
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Marcus Kolga, President, Central and Eastern European Council in Canada
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Marielle Bethoux, Salesperson
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Massil Remidi, Student
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Maureen McWilliams, PhD, Private Practitioner
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Mehmet Tohti, Executive Director, Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project
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Michelle Chui, MHSc, R.SLP, S-LP (C), Speech-Language Pathologist
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Michael Murtha, Retired Civil Servant
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Moshe Appel, Health Insurance Administrator
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Mukerrem Qurban, Director of Edmonton Uyghur association
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Natalie Hui, Convenor, Canadian Friends of Hong Kong
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Nebijan Elqut, IT professional
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Norman Shulman, PhD. Retired Software Engineer
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Nurly Rozi, President, Vancouver Uyghur Association
Obul Hasan, Chief Imam of Toronto Uyghur Mosque
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Patricia Murtha, Retired Homemaker
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Paul Lai, Retired Businessman
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Paul T.P. Wong, Professor Emeritus of Trent University,
President of the International Network on Personal Meaning
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Peter Goodspeed, Retired Journalist
Pun York Tong, Retired Teacher, Chair of Movement for Democracy in China (Calgary)
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Quentin Dufranne, Journalism Student
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Raziya Mahmut, Scientist
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Regina Chan, Retired Nurse
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Remutula Aziguli, Administration Assistant
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Rena Nuri, Translator
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Ricker Choi, Financial Risk Management Consultant
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Rohana Rezel, Housing Advocate
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Ronald T. Cenfetelli, PhD. Professor
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Saniya Talat, Sales
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Sarah Rana, Human Rights Activist
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Sarah Teich, International Human Rights Lawyer, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute
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Shamshinur Abdureshit, President, Uyghur Heritage Society
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Sherap Therchin, Executive Director of Canada Tibet Committee
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Shuvaloy Majumdar, Program Director & Munk Senior Fellow for Foreign Policy, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
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Stuart Russell, Canadian Lawyer, Australian Law Professor and Administrative Judge (Retired)
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Taha Ghayyur, Executive Director
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Tommy Tao, Retired Lawyer
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Tuyghun Abduweli, President of East Turkistan Association of Canada
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Winnie Ng, PhD. Immediate Past Chair, Unifor National Chair in Social Justice and Democracy,
Ryerson University
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Youdon Tsamotshang, Chair, Board of Director, Students for a Free Tibet Canada
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Y-S Columbus Leo, IT Analyst and Taiwanese-Canadian Democracy Activist
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Yvonne Christiansen, Retired Teacher
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(B) Canadian Organizations
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Action Free Hong Kong Montreal
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Alliance Canada Hong Kong
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BC Muslim Association
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Bridging Gaps Foundation BC
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Canada Chushi Gangdruk
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Canadian Tibetan Association of Ontario
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Cardus Religious Freedom Institute
Central and Eastern European Council in Canada
East Turkistan Association of Canada
Friends of Canada India
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Formosan Association for Public Affairs, Canada (FAPA Canada)
Genocide Prevention BC
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Global Peace Society
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Human Concern International
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McMaster Stands With Hong Kong
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Movement for Democracy in China (Calgary)
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Ontario Hong Kong Youth Action (OHKYA)
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Optimum Publishing International
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Regional Tibetan Youth Congress of Toronto
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Saskatchewan Stands with Hong Kong
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Taiwanese Human Rights Association of Canada
Taiwanese Canadian Association of Toronto
Tibetan Women’s Association of Ontario
Toronto Association for Democracy in China (TADC)
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Toronto Uyghur Mosque
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University of British Columbia Muslim Students Association (UBC MSA)
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University of Waterloo Lion Rock Spirit
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Uyghur Heritage Society
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Uyghur refugee relief fund
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Vancouverites Concerned About Hong Kong
Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement (VSSDM)
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Vancouver Society of Freedom, Democracy & Human Rights for China
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Vancouver Uyghur Association
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Victoria BC Hong Konger (#Vichk)
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World United Formosans for Independence, Canada Chapter (WUFI CANADA)
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(C) International Endorsements
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Allen But, Social Service Practitioner and former H.K Football Association U21 Soccer Coach
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Angela Gui, Historian of Science and Activist
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Ann Noonan, Executive Director at Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting
Anne-Marie Brady, Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations,
University of Canterbury, Otautahi-Christchurch. Aotearoa-New Zealand
Anders Corr, Ph.D. Publisher, Journal of Political Risk
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Arthur Kharytonov, Lawyer, Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine (President)
Catrina Ko, PhD. Scientific Officer, Hong Kong Global Connect
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Cheng Yen Kai, Taiwan Independent Film Maker
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Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University, Canberra
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Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Sinopsis, Prague, Czech Republic; Journalist
Dimon Liu, Human Rights Activist
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Dorian Malovic, Asia Editor, La Croix, France
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Elkan Nuri, Product Designer
Ezer Enver, Medical Device Quality Specialist
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Fengsuo Zhou, President of Humanitarian China
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Finn Lau, Founder of Hong Kong Liberty
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Flora Lim, Hong Konger and Housewife, Sweden
Gibson Tse, Hong Konger in UK
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Henry Song, North Korea Human Rights Activist, Kuen Saem
Jade Lynn Turnley, Janitor, Arizona, United States
Jennifer Bichara, Human Rights Activist, United States
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Jerry Huang, Attorney at Law, Taiwan
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Jing Zhang, Founder of Women’s Rights in China
Karie Yu, Norwegian Architect
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Laura Harth, Coordinator Global Committee for the Rule of Law “Marco Pannella”, Italy
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Liao Yiwu, Writer and Musician, Berlin
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Luke de Pulford, Coordinator of Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, Director of Arise,
Co-Founder of Coalition for Genocide Response, Fellow of Hong Kong Watch,
Adviser of Word Uyghur Congress, Commissioner of Conservative Party Human Rights Commission
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Ma Jian, Writer, UK
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Maisam Mitalipova, Scientist, Director of Human Stem Cell Laboratory at
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT
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Michael Ron Bowling, Independent Contractor in Cyber Security
Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, President of Political Science Student Union of
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
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Nicole Issac, NGO Professional and Nurse, United States
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Paul Mooney, Freelance Journalist
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Philip Citowicki, Former Advisor to Australia’s Foreign Minister and to
Australia’s High Commissioner in the United Kingdom
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Pia Nasman-Hao, Teacher, Finland
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Rahima Mahmut, UK Project Director of the World Uyghur Congress,
Advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)
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Reggie Littlejohn, President, Women's Rights Without Frontiers
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Rushan Abbas, Executive Director of Campaign For Uyghurs
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Stella Kuoh, Reporter, Switzerland
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Stephen Barru, Retired Editor, United States
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Stephen Ng, PhD. MBE, Community Worker, Chinese Solidarity Campaign, UK
Tenzin Dorjee, PhD Student at Columbia University
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Trine Herold, Freelance Journalist and Photographer
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Organizations:
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Campaign For Uyghurs
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China Democracy Foundation
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Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB)
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Hong Kong Liberty
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Hong Kong Global Connect
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Humanitarian China
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Women's Rights in China
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Signatories after official launch of the joint statement
(in alphabetical order)
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(A) Canadians and Residents
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A - C
Adil Hashmi, Student
Afsana Patel, Student
Aishani Mehra, Student
Amabel D'Souza, Academia, University of Alberta
Ameera Essabar, Student
Amina Urooj, Student, University of Toronto
Arshan Halalkhour, Student
Arveen Kang, Student
Asia Hashi, Student
Asmaa Rana, Student, WLU
Attila Kovacs, Student of Health Sciences
Bria Kulapragasam, CEO / Founder
Brittany Santos, Photographer
Bruce Annan, Retired
Cara Bergen, Resident Physician
Conal Jarvis, Student
Corina Sirbulescu, Administration
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D - L
Dana Disumma, Student
David Major, Student
Dawood Yousaf, Engineering
Elham Siraj, Student
Fahmeda Ah, Gym Teacher
Fiona Tsamny, Student, University of Toronto
Harleen Hundal, Student
Heidi Stephanson, Occupational Therapist
Huma Zaf, Writer
Jakub Husika, Sales
Jessica Prentice, Student
Jodie Edmunds, Artist
Joel Stephanson, Artist
John Kaldor, Project Manager
Khadicha Patel, Early Childhood Educator
Khaled Kekhia, Student, McMaster University
Kyle Monczak, Executive Director
Laiba Maryum, Student
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M - O
Maaria Arif, Student
Mahwish Khan, Student
Manisha Mohan, CEA
Maria Mudassir, Full Time Pre-Medical Student
Maria Syed, Student, University of Toronto
Marwa Adam, Student
Maryam Imran, Student
Mayane Attye, Student
Miguel Iglesias, Student
Milica Ivetic, Student
Mohammed Khan, Student
Monisa Rizwan, Student
Muhammed Khalfan, Student, Finances
Nakita Gopal, Student, University of Toronto
Namita Singh, Student
Nana-yaa Owusu, Student
Noman Kakar, Student
Olivia Savona, Student, University of Toronto
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P - Z
Philip Kretzmar, Retired
Rabab Al-as, Student, University of Toronto
Romy Clermont, Student
Saaimah Chhalawala, Student
Sakthika Sivanithy, Student
Saleha Ranjha, Student
Sameea Hussain, Student, York University
Samin Kibria, Student
Seema Patel, Student
Shaaf Khan, Nurse
Shaariq Nurani, Ninth Grade Student, Pickering High School
Sharon zhan, Student
Shoaib Qureshi, Insurance broker
Sidrah Rana, Student, University of Toronto
Simarjit Kaur, Student, Martial artist
Sumeya Hassan, Student, University of Toronto
Thomas Hall, Student
Vincent Hui, Software Developer
Yasmin Said, Student
Zubash Akmal, Student, Sheridan College
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(B) International Endorsements
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Erin Lisa Aulfinger, Student
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To become a signatory, please click here
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The signatory list will be updated continually. Last updated on 12th March, 2021.
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