Laura Harth
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Laura Harth
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China in the World Director @safeguarddefenders.bsky.social | External Relations Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)
‼️G7 Leaders commit to counter Transnational Repression, “an aggressive form of foreign interference that undermines national security, state sovereignty, the safety and human rights of victims, and principles of international law.”

Full Statement: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
June 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Gwyneth Ho is among 45 HK pro-democracy activists wrongfully convicted today.

From her statement: “When social institutions crumbled around us, we rose above fear and emerged as a genuine civil society, each living out the true meaning of citizenship.“

Full post: www.facebook.com/share/p/19k6...
November 19, 2024 at 6:08 AM
The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), thoroughly condemns the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy politicians and activists in Hong Kong and denounces their convictions as a travesty of justice, clear evidence, if any more were needed, of the precipitous decline of rule of law in Hong Kong.
November 19, 2024 at 5:53 AM
China is hardening against dissent l, rights groups say as they mark #InternationalHumanRightsDay

New report by Safeguard Defenders shows PRC stepped up “collective punishment” against loved ones of human rights advocates in recent years.

apnews.com/article/chin...
December 10, 2023 at 12:20 PM
Canada’s national-security adviser on measures to counter foreign interference: “Threat of People’s Republic of China is self-interested, at the expense of other countries, in a way we have not previously seen, with a tool set we have not previously seen.”

www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
December 9, 2023 at 7:56 AM
Chilling development in #HongKong. Local TV station @tvbcom yesterday aired the city’s 1st ever #ForcedConfession. #TsangChiKin, who was shot in his lung by police during the 2019 protests and is serving a 47 months sentence, appears on TV to “show remorse and praise authorities”.
December 5, 2023 at 7:44 AM