Canada-Wide Rally Urges Ottawa to Protect Hong Kongers’ Freedoms and Sanction Officials

Canada-Wide Rally Urges Ottawa to Protect Hong Kongers’ Freedoms and Sanction Officials
People rally in support of Hong Kong in downtown Toronto on Aug. 16, 2020. Rallies were held in nine cities across Canada to call on Ottawa to take “immediate action” to respond to the crisis in Hong Kong since the implementation of Beijing’s national security law. NTD Television
Hongyan Lu
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Rallies were held in nine cities across Canada on Aug. 16 to call on the government to take “immediate action” to respond to the crisis in the city since the implementation of Beijing’s national security law.
The event was organized by Canada-Hong Kong Link and Ontario Universities Hong Kong Awareness Group in response to the growing suppression of freedoms and human rights in the former British colony.