OTTAWA—Conservative MP James Bezan says a Magnitsky-style bill that passed in Canada’s House of Commons on Oct. 4 doesn’t just target Russian officials, but all those around the world who abuse human rights.
“This is also targeted at other human rights violators that we are seeing right now, like President [Nicolas] Maduro in Venezuela as he takes away food from his own people and imprisons political opponents; what we see in China, harvesting organs from Falun Gong practitioners; and also what we’ve witnessed in Vietnam; and in Iran, with the persecution of ethnic and religious minorities,” Bezan said in an interview.
