Canadian Joint Statement calling for IOC to move
the 2022 Winter Olympics to a free country
To become a signatory, please click here
Signatories before official launch of the joint statement
(in alphabetical order)
(A) Canadian Citizens & Residents
Aassem Abdul-Aziz, UBC Muslim Students Association
Abdulrezzak Muhammed, Director, Darman Foundation
Adnan Bhat, Bridging Gaps Foundation BC
Ai-Men Lau, Advisor, Alliance Canada Hong Kong
Aliya Khan, Professor of Clinical Medicine, McMaster University
Alan White, Security Analyst, Hong Kong Global Connect
Amy Shy, Manager, Blend
Andrew Apack, President, Taiwanese Human Rights Association of Canada
Andrew P. W. Bennett, Director, Cardus Religious Freedom Institute
Andrew Chen, Software Engineer
Andrew Joseph Wagner, Blockchain Expert, Hong Kong Defense Initiative
Ari Chow, Health Scientist
Ben Chong, Health Officer and Civil Servant
Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Brett Byers, Communications Manager, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Caara Yeung, Graduate Student
Cal Mak, Photographer
Carolyn Laws, Member, Canadian Committee, End Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC)
Carmel Tanaka, Genocide Prevention BC
Cecilia Hui, Designer
Cecilia Ngai, Office Clerk
Charles Burton, Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Chemi Lhamo, Activist
Cherie Wong, Executive Director, Alliance Canada Hong Kong
Cherri Ho, Doctor of Education, MPhil
Cheryl McClellan, Canadian Non-profit Executive
Cindy Leung, Independent Music Teacher
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
The Hon. Consiglio Di Nino, former Senator
David Chen, Financial Planner
David N Fisman, MD MPH FRCP(C), Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health,
University of Toronto
The Hon. David Kilgour, AUTHOR, Columnist, Speaker, Human Rights Advocate,
former Cabinet Minister
David Roytenberg, Computer Consultant and Writer
Dean Baxendale, CEO, China Democracy Foundation and Optimum Publishing International
Dick Chan, Former Member of the Immigration and Refugee Board
Doris Liu, Director/Producer of In the Name of Confucius documentary
Eddy Ng, Production Worker
Edward Chung, President, Formosan Association for Public Affairs, Canada (FAPA Canada)
Elizabeth McLoughlin, Architect
Elman Chow, Investment Properties Manager
Emily Chan, Educator
Eric Casarotto, School Administrator, St. Lazare, Quebec
Fatima Benhatta, Human Concern International
Fenella Sung, Committee Member, CGSB
Francine Phillips-Sheldon, Placement Coordinator
Fred Litwin, President, Free Thinking Film Society of Ottawa
Grace Mak, Retired teacher
Haley Sengsavanh, Journalist
Hasan Ubul, President of Uyghur Mosque
Iltaf Sahib, BC Muslim Association
Iman M'Hiri, Executive Director
Inky Mark, former MP and former Mayor of Dauphin
The Hon. Irwin Cotler, Chair, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights,
former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Ivy Li, former Design Professor at Sheridan College and Human Rights Activist
Ina Mitchell, Documentary Journalist
Jack Hui, Retired Restaurateur
Jacqueline Wong, Retired Entrepreneur, Senior Citizen
Jan Wong, Retired Associate Professor, Journalism; former Beijing Correspondent, The Globe and Mail
Janissa Wagner, Retired Canadian Embassy Administrator, MENSA Canada
John Kennedy, Founder, Plan200.ca
Johnny Wong, Computer Engineer
Jonathan Tam, Driver
Jordan Stuffco, President of the Criminal Trial Lawyers’ Association of Alberta
Judy Rudin, President, CDDC Strategic Communications
Karry Chow, Retired Businessman
Kayum Masimov, Project Manager, Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project
Keith Maxwell, OMM, CD, Colonel (Retired) Royal Canadian Air Force
Kofi Achampog, Lawyer
Kretzmar Philip, Retired Lawyer and Faith Advocate
Louis Huang, Vancouver Society of Freedom, Democracy & Human Rights for China
Mabel Tung, Retired Nurse
Mahwish Yousaf, Global Peace Society
Maninder Gill, Friends of Canada India
Manny Lin, Freelancer and Political Commentator
Marcus Kolga, President, Central and Eastern European Council in Canada
Marielle Bethoux, Salesperson
Massil Remidi, Student
Maureen McWilliams, PhD, Private Practitioner
Mehmet Tohti, Executive Director, Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project
Michelle Chui, MHSc, R.SLP, S-LP (C), Speech-Language Pathologist
Michael Murtha, Retired Civil Servant
Moshe Appel, Health Insurance Administrator
Mukerrem Qurban, Director of Edmonton Uyghur association
Natalie Hui, Convenor, Canadian Friends of Hong Kong
Nebijan Elqut, IT professional
Norman Shulman, PhD. Retired Software Engineer
Nurly Rozi, President, Vancouver Uyghur Association
Obul Hasan, Chief Imam of Toronto Uyghur Mosque
Patricia Murtha, Retired Homemaker
Paul Lai, Retired Businessman
Paul T.P. Wong, Professor Emeritus of Trent University,
President of the International Network on Personal Meaning
Peter Goodspeed, Retired Journalist
Pun York Tong, Retired Teacher, Chair of Movement for Democracy in China (Calgary)
Quentin Dufranne, Journalism Student
Raziya Mahmut, Scientist
Regina Chan, Retired Nurse
Remutula Aziguli, Administration Assistant
Rena Nuri, Translator
Ricker Choi, Financial Risk Management Consultant
Rohana Rezel, Housing Advocate
Ronald T. Cenfetelli, PhD. Professor
Saniya Talat, Sales
Sarah Rana, Human Rights Activist
Sarah Teich, International Human Rights Lawyer, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Shamshinur Abdureshit, President, Uyghur Heritage Society
Sherap Therchin, Executive Director of Canada Tibet Committee
Shuvaloy Majumdar, Program Director & Munk Senior Fellow for Foreign Policy, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Stuart Russell, Canadian Lawyer, Australian Law Professor and Administrative Judge (Retired)
Taha Ghayyur, Executive Director
Tommy Tao, Retired Lawyer
Tuyghun Abduweli, President of East Turkistan Association of Canada
Winnie Ng, PhD. Immediate Past Chair, Unifor National Chair in Social Justice and Democracy,
Ryerson University
Youdon Tsamotshang, Chair, Board of Director, Students for a Free Tibet Canada
Y-S Columbus Leo, IT Analyst and Taiwanese-Canadian Democracy Activist
Yvonne Christiansen, Retired Teacher
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(B) Canadian Organizations
Action Free Hong Kong Montreal
Alliance Canada Hong Kong
BC Muslim Association
Bridging Gaps Foundation BC
Canada Chushi Gangdruk
Canadian Tibetan Association of Ontario
Cardus Religious Freedom Institute
Central and Eastern European Council in Canada
East Turkistan Association of Canada
Friends of Canada India
Formosan Association for Public Affairs, Canada (FAPA Canada)
Genocide Prevention BC
Global Peace Society
Human Concern International
McMaster Stands With Hong Kong
Movement for Democracy in China (Calgary)
Ontario Hong Kong Youth Action (OHKYA)
Optimum Publishing International
Regional Tibetan Youth Congress of Toronto
Saskatchewan Stands with Hong Kong
Taiwanese Human Rights Association of Canada
Taiwanese Canadian Association of Toronto
Tibetan Women’s Association of Ontario
Toronto Association for Democracy in China (TADC)
Toronto Uyghur Mosque
University of British Columbia Muslim Students Association (UBC MSA)
University of Waterloo Lion Rock Spirit
Uyghur Heritage Society
Uyghur refugee relief fund
Vancouverites Concerned About Hong Kong
Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement (VSSDM)
Vancouver Society of Freedom, Democracy & Human Rights for China
Vancouver Uyghur Association
Victoria BC Hong Konger (#Vichk)
World United Formosans for Independence, Canada Chapter (WUFI CANADA)
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(C) International Endorsements
Allen But, Social Service Practitioner and former H.K Football Association U21 Soccer Coach
Angela Gui, Historian of Science and Activist
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
Arthur Kharytonov, Lawyer, Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine (President)
Catrina Ko, PhD. Scientific Officer, Hong Kong Global Connect
Cheng Yen Kai, Taiwan Independent Film Maker
Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University, Canberra
Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Sinopsis, Prague, Czech Republic; Journalist
Dimon Liu, Human Rights Activist
Dorian Malovic, Asia Editor, La Croix, France
Elkan Nuri, Product Designer
Ezer Enver, Medical Device Quality Specialist
Fengsuo Zhou, President of Humanitarian China
Finn Lau, Founder of Hong Kong Liberty
Flora Lim, Hong Konger and Housewife, Sweden
Gibson Tse, Hong Konger in UK
Henry Song, North Korea Human Rights Activist, Kuen Saem
Jade Lynn Turnley, Janitor, Arizona, United States
Jennifer Bichara, Human Rights Activist, United States
Jerry Huang, Attorney at Law, Taiwan
Jing Zhang, Founder of Women’s Rights in China
Karie Yu, Norwegian Architect
Laura Harth, Coordinator Global Committee for the Rule of Law “Marco Pannella”, Italy
Liao Yiwu, Writer and Musician, Berlin
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
Ma Jian, Writer, UK
Maisam Mitalipova, Scientist, Director of Human Stem Cell Laboratory at
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT
Michael Ron Bowling, Independent Contractor in Cyber Security
Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, President of Political Science Student Union of
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Nicole Issac, NGO Professional and Nurse, United States
Paul Mooney, Freelance Journalist
Philip Citowicki, Former Advisor to Australia’s Foreign Minister and to
Australia’s High Commissioner in the United Kingdom
Pia Nasman-Hao, Teacher, Finland
Rahima Mahmut, UK Project Director of the World Uyghur Congress,
Advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)
Reggie Littlejohn, President, Women's Rights Without Frontiers
Rushan Abbas, Executive Director of Campaign For Uyghurs
Stella Kuoh, Reporter, Switzerland
Stephen Barru, Retired Editor, United States
Stephen Ng, PhD. MBE, Community Worker, Chinese Solidarity Campaign, UK
Tenzin Dorjee, PhD Student at Columbia University
Trine Herold, Freelance Journalist and Photographer
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Organizations:
Campaign For Uyghurs
China Democracy Foundation
Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB)
Hong Kong Liberty
Hong Kong Global Connect
Humanitarian China
Women's Rights in China
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Signatories after official launch of the joint statement
(in alphabetical order)
(A) Canadians and Residents
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
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
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
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
(B) International Endorsements
Erin Lisa Aulfinger, Student
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To become a signatory, please click here
The signatory list will be updated continually. Last updated on 12th March, 2021.