David Kilgour chaired a webinar with Canadian Senators and Hong Kong Student Leaders

As we mark the anniversary of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, Beijing has threatened to impose the National Security Law on Hong Kong. This act is an assault on the city's autonomy, rule of law and fundamental freedoms. In this webinar hosted by David Kilgour JD, one of Hong Kong Watch’s International Patron and former Secretary of State Asia-Pacific of Canada, Canadian Senators met with Hong Kong student leaders to show solidarity and discussed the motion to sanction China and Hong Kong officials responsible for human rights violations and the possibility of a lifeboat policy that may save lives.

CHAIR: Hon. David Kilgour JD, Hong Kong Watch’s Patron, former Secretary of State Asia-Pacific of Canada
SOLIDARITY REMARKS: Benedict Rogers, Chair & Co-founder of Hong Kong Watch

SPEAKERS:
Senator Leo Housakos, Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee and former Speaker of the Senate
Senator Thanh Hai Ngo, member of Foreign Affairs Committee and Human Rights Committee
Senator Jim Munson

HONG KONG STUDENT LEADERS:
Brian Leung Kai Ping, PhD student at University of Washington, was the former Editor in Chief of Undergrad, Hong Kong University Students Union
Joey Siu, Acting External Vice President of City University of Hong Kong Students’ Union & Advisor of IPAC, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China
Owen Au Cheuk-Hei, Chairman of Provisional Executive Committee of The Students’ Union of Chinese University of Hong Kong

WATCH the webinar in full here.