David Kilgour, Member of Parliament (Retired)
for the southeastern area of Edmonton, Alberta
May 1979 until January 2006:
Archived Headlines on Human Rights Workers:
- HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE BEIJING OLYMPICS,
Keynotes address by Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM at the Activating Human Rights and Peace International Conference,
Byron Bay, 1-4 July 2008
- China's Silencing Season , By Jill Drew, Washington Post Foreign Service, July 10, 2008
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Who's Afraid of Wei Jingsheng?, SBS TV in Australia, July 9, 2008
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One man’s fight for China’s right to build a society ruled by law, By Robert Saiget, AFP,
July 8, 2008
- 'China must stop the forced repatriation of
North Korean defectors', say human rights activists from South Korea in Brussels ,
By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers Int'l, July 2, 2008
- China indicted: Human dignity is indivisible , By Hon. David Kilgour, THE MÉTROPOLITAIN: VOL.1 NO.5, June 26, 2008
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THE SCALE OF FALUNG GONG PERSECUTION OUTSIDE CHINA,
Speaking Notes by Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, President, Australian Chapter of the World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong, at a Cross-Party Open Forum on Human Rights in China,
Parliament House Committee Room 1R4, Canberra, June 25, 2008
- NEDA HASSANI, Statement by Hon. David Kilgour, Pinecrest Cemetary, Ottawa, 21 June 2008
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Sichuan Church Faces Government Persecution; 20 Arrested, 7 Detained, 2 Sentenced to Education Through Labor, Christian Newswire, June 24, 2008
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Top 10 Uyghur prisoners in China, Human Rights Without Frontiers Int'l, June 22, 2008
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Free Speech in US? Not If Chinese Government Has Its Way, by Joseph Ureneck, The BlogCritics Magazine, June 20, 2008
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Extradition of Uyghurs to China in violation of international law, Human Rights Without Frontiers Int'l, June 19, 2008
CHINA: Transfer of 400,000 young Uyghur women into Eastern China,
Human Rights Without Frontiers Int'l, Uyghur Human Rights Project, June 19, 2008
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I choose to forgive -
The federal government wanted to take the Indian out of me. It did not succeed., By Matthew Coon Come , The Ottawa Citizen,
June 11, 2008
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Politics and the Dehumanization of Human Rights(PDF), By Gian Singh Sandhu O.B.C.,
World Sikh Organization in Canada Annual Dinner, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, June 5, 2008
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Tiananmen Square still an almost taboo topic, By Mary-Anne Toy in Beijing, The Sidney Morning Herald, June 4, 2008
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Chinese police confront parents of children killed in earthquake, The Associated Press,
Jun 3, 2008
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What Happened To Darren Russell In China? -
American teacher's death leaves unanswered questions, By KAREN L. BUNE, Officer.com, Jun 1, 2008
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Calling China to account -
Those who argue that Beijing is making great strides in respecting human rights and international law had better think again, By DAVID MATAS, Special to Globe and Mail Update, May 30, 2008
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Rex Murphy Point of View - Speaking Up for Celil, CBC News, The National, May 22, 2008
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THE BEIJING OLYMPICS TORCH ODYSSEY,
Speech for the Foreign Correspondents Club, Sydney, By Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Chairman of CIPFG Pacific chapter,
April 22, 2008
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Using the Olympics to end organ harvesting, By David Matas, Forum on Human Rights in China, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, May 7, 2008
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Tolerance a Necessity to Win Global Dominance, By Cindy Chan, Epoch Times Ottawa Staff, May 1, 2008
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CHINA: Legal profession becomes 'More dangerous day by day' , Human Rights Without Frontiers Int'l, Brussel, April 30, 2008
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China harvesting organs from members of persecuted sect: speaker, By Beth Dotson Brown, Correspondent of CrossRoads / The Bi-Weekly Publication of The Catholic Diocese of Lexington, Volume 19/Number 4/April 27, 2008 /
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Remember China's dissidents, By BILL TIELEMAN, From 24 Hours Vancouver, April 15, 2008
- Coalition Urges Yellow Ribbons for Canadian Athletes in Beijing, By Joan Delaney, The Epoch Times, April 12, 2008
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Breaking China - Refusal to run, jump or stroke will get nation's attention, By EDWARD GREENSPAN, The Ottawa Sun, April 7, 2008
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CBS report with David Matas
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A chilling message - The Chinese government's decision to arrest a prominent activist at such a sensitive time is unlikely to be coincidence, By John Gittings, The Guardian,
April 4, 2008
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Talk given at the launch of the book A China More Just, By Sarah Cook, co-editor of A China More Just, Bar Human Rights Committee, London, September 2007. NTDTV Asia Talk
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THE BEIJING OLYMPICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM (Australian Human Rights Commissioner 2000-2005), International Forum, Taipei, Taiwan, February 21, 2008
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Whither China, By David Matas, International Forum, Grand Hyatt Hotel Taipei, Taiwan, February 21, 2008
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Beijing Olympic Games and the Chinese Communist Party, By Man-Yan Ng,
Executive Director, International Society for Human Rights, Germany, Version 2008-02-03
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Chinese Activist Lawyer Beaten, Detained, The Associated Press, February 26, 2008
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Beijing is listening to our silence , By Sarah Cook, National Post, January 18, 2008
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British Channel4 broadcast interview with Zeng Jinyan and Gao Zhisheng (video)
- Congratulations to Mr. David Matas! - Distinguished Service Award Winner Mr. David Matas , by Sofia Mirza, Fillmore Riley LLP & Co-Chair of the Mid-Winter Organizing Committee, January 7, 2008
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Spanish justices order investigation of crimes against Falun Gong in China, Human Rights Without Frontiers Int'l, December 30, 2007 (Read Madrid Resolution Here)
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AMERICAN BOARD OF TRIAL ADVOCATES RESPONDS TO COURAGEOUS ADVOCACY AWARD RECIPIENT BEING HELD BY CHINA’S GOVERNMENT, NEWS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE by ABOTA, December 18, 2007
- Warren Creates recent address in West Block of Canadian Parliament about Iran, December 12, 2007. Rule of law questioned in UK by Iranian democrats
- Chinese “Courts” - Western Governments and the
Spirit of Berlin 1936, By Clive Ansley, From The Verdict, Issue 114, October 2007 (in .pdf format)
- So, You Think Chinese Court is a “Court”?, By Clive Ansley, Canadian International Lawyer, Vol.6, No. 3, 2005 (in .pdf format)
- Recent open letter to Members of Congress and U.S. President about Gao, By Friends of Gao Zhisheng, November 30, 2007
- Covering up slaughter, with a little help from the CBC , By David Matas, National Post,
November 23, 2007
- Ideological foundations of human rights violations in China against the Falun Gong, Remarks delivered by David Matas to a symposium on the crimes of Communism, Kiev Ukraine, November 14, 2007
- CBC, Beyond the Red Wall and Falun Gong, By Clive Ansley, November 9, 2007
- Support Gao Zhisheng's Call to Boycott the 'Bloody Harvest Olympics', By Clive Ansley, Special to The Epoch Times, October 24, 2007
- Rights Group: China Political Arrests Up, FoxNews.com, November 27, 2007
- Chinese “Courts” - Western Governments and the
Spirit of Berlin 1936, By Clive Ansley, Courtenay BC
- THE CHINESE “JUDICIAL SYSTEM”: A FAIRY TALE
OF BEIJING - Creative fiction by Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin, By Clive Ansley, From The Verdict, Issue 112, March 2007 (in .pdf format)
- Chinese Regime Fundamentally Opposed to Rule of Law, Says Canadian Lawyer, The Epoch Times, October 9, 2007
- A Courageous Advocate Challenges Repression -
Review of Gao Zhisheng's A China More Just, By Ed Chapin, Special to The Epoch Times, October 5, 2007
- Appeal for Gao Zhisheng from the Amnesty International (PDF format), Oct 1 2007
- Mr. McMillan-Scott's Letter to President of the European Parliament Regarding Victims of Religious Repression in China (PDF format), September 25, 2007
- URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY: *CHN 009 / 1106 / OBS 136.2* ,Enforced disappearance / Harassment *People's Republic of China*, September 27, 2007
- Lawyer Gao Zhisheng's Open Letter to the US Congress
, By Gao Zhisheng, September 12, 2007 (Original letter in Chinese)
- Lawyer Gao Zhisheng's Open Letter to the US Congress
, By Gao Zhisheng, September 12, 2007 (Original letter in Chinese)
- Outspoken Chinese Lawyer Arrested , By ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press, September 24, 2007
- Chinese dissident urges boycott of Olympics , By Bill Gertz, The Washington Times, September 21, 2007
- Gao Zhisheng Solemnly Denies All Charges by Chinese Authorities , By Gao Zhisheng, Published by Epoch Times, September 8, 2007
- David Matas receives 2007 Tarnopolsky Human Rights Award, Aug 13, 2007
- David Matas' tribute to Gao at lawyers' award ceremony, By David Matas, June 30, 2007
- American Board of Trial Advocates Presents Courageous Advocacy Award to Chinese Human Rights Activist Gao Zhisheng, ABOTA.ORG, June 30, 2007
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