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{
"time": "2022-11-28 15:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Arnold Viersen (Peace River\u2014Westlock, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Arnold Viersen (Peace River\u2014Westlock, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7462607\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I want to also add my voice to those of thousands of Canadians from across Canada who have signed a petition to draw the attention of the House of Commons to the plight of Mr. Celil. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7462608\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Celil has been in prison for over 5,000 days. He is a Canadian citizen. He is of Uighur origin. He has been in jail since 2001.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7462609\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Chinese government has refused to accept his Canadian citizenship and has denied his access to lawyers, his family and Canadian officials, while he has been coerced into signing a confession. He has undergone an unlawful and unfair trial.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7462610\" data-originallang=\"en\">Evidence now makes it clear that the Chinese government's treatment of Uighurs meets most if not all the criteria for genocide, as outlined by the UN Convention on the Punishment and Prevention of the Crime of Genocide.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7462611\" data-originallang=\"en\">Canada cannot remain silent. Therefore, the folks who have signed this petition are calling on the Chinese government to recognize Mr. Celil's Canadian citizenship and provide him with consular and legal services in accordance with international law.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7462612\" data-originallang=\"en\">They are calling on the Government of Canada to do all that it can to secure his release, appoint a special envoy to work to help Mr. Celil and seek the help of the Americans in this challenging time.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7462607\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je veux ajouter ma voix \u00e0 celles des milliers de Canadiens de partout au pays qui ont sign\u00e9 une p\u00e9tition pour attirer l'attention de la Chambre des communes sur le sort de M. Celil. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7462608\" data-originallang=\"en\">M. Celil est en prison depuis plus de 5 000 jours. C'est un citoyen canadien. Il est d'origine ou\u00efghoure. Il est en prison depuis 2001.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7462609\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Le gouvernement chinois a refus\u00e9 de reconna\u00eetre la citoyennet\u00e9 canadienne de M. Celil et lui a refus\u00e9 l\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 un avocat, \u00e0 sa famille et aux autorit\u00e9s canadiennes, alors qu\u2019il a \u00e9t\u00e9 contraint de signer des aveux et qu\u2019il a subi un proc\u00e8s ill\u00e9gal et in\u00e9quitable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7462610\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est d\u00e9sormais \u00e9vident que le traitement des Ou\u00efghours par le gouvernement chinois r\u00e9pond \u00e0 la plupart, sinon \u00e0 la totalit\u00e9, des crit\u00e8res relatifs au g\u00e9nocide d\u00e9finis dans la Convention des Nations Unies pour la pr\u00e9vention et la r\u00e9pression du crime de g\u00e9nocide.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7462611\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le Canada ne peut rester silencieux. Par cons\u00e9quent, les personnes qui ont sign\u00e9 cette p\u00e9tition demandent au gouvernement chinois de reconna\u00eetre la citoyennet\u00e9 canadienne de M. Celil et de lui fournir des services consulaires et juridiques conform\u00e9ment au droit international.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7462612\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ils demandent au gouvernement du Canada de faire tout ce qui est en son pouvoir pour obtenir sa lib\u00e9ration, de nommer un envoy\u00e9 sp\u00e9cial charg\u00e9 d'aider M. Celil et de solliciter l'aide des Am\u00e9ricains en cette p\u00e9riode difficile.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2022/11/28/arnold-viersen-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/arnold-viersen/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4303/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11955632",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": "Affaires courantes"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Petitions",
"fr": "P\u00e9titions"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Human Rights",
"fr": "Les droits de la personne"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2022/11/28/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2022%2F11%2F28%2F"
}
}