A parliamentary committee has unanimously passed a motion to condemn the 20-year prison sentence given to democracy activist Jimmy Lai on Feb. 9, and to call for his immediate release, saying Canada must hold the Chinese regime accountable for its repression.
Conservative MP Shuvaloy Majumdar, who serves as vice-chair of the House of Commons Subcommittee on International Human Rights, posted the motion on social media on Feb. 9, saying Lai is “a prisoner of conscience.”
