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Peter MacKay suggests Magnitsky Act should be used against China for COVID-19
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Published Friday, May 8, 2020 4:33AM EDT
OTTAWA -- Conservative leadership hopeful Peter MacKay is calling for use of the Magnitsky Act if specific individuals in China can be identified as having suppressed information related to COVID-19.
A full inquiry, perhaps an international one, into how the novel coronavirus turned into a pandemic is required, MacKay told supporters.
"We need to invoke existing laws like the Magnitsky Act to hold individuals personally accountable for misdeeds if that evidence exists," he said.
The act allows for sanctions against foreign nationals "responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights."
The legislation is named after Sergei Magnitsky, a Moscow lawyer who was tortured and died in a Moscow prison after uncovering fraud in Russia.
"If there was evidence that was suppressed, or falsified, or if there is information brought to the front that proves that the outbreak in Wuhan (city) either could have been prevented or we could have contained it much earlier, than I think we have to have a much, much greater degree of accountability," MacKay said on a call with supporters this week.
There has been a running debate over how much Chinese government officials knew and potentially didn't tell global health officials about the emergence of COVID-19 in that country late last year, leading to questions about whether the damage could have been averted.
Both China and the WHO have denied any cover-up.
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The Canadian PressStaff
Contact
Published Friday, May 8, 2020 4:33AM EDT
Peter MacKay suggests Magnitsky Act should be used against China for COVID-19
Conservative leadership hopeful Peter MacKay is calling for use of the Magnitsky Act if specific individuals in China can be identified as having suppressed information related to COVID-19.
www.ctvnews.ca
OTTAWA -- Conservative leadership hopeful Peter MacKay is calling for use of the Magnitsky Act if specific individuals in China can be identified as having suppressed information related to COVID-19.
A full inquiry, perhaps an international one, into how the novel coronavirus turned into a pandemic is required, MacKay told supporters.
"We need to invoke existing laws like the Magnitsky Act to hold individuals personally accountable for misdeeds if that evidence exists," he said.
The act allows for sanctions against foreign nationals "responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights."
The legislation is named after Sergei Magnitsky, a Moscow lawyer who was tortured and died in a Moscow prison after uncovering fraud in Russia.
"If there was evidence that was suppressed, or falsified, or if there is information brought to the front that proves that the outbreak in Wuhan (city) either could have been prevented or we could have contained it much earlier, than I think we have to have a much, much greater degree of accountability," MacKay said on a call with supporters this week.
There has been a running debate over how much Chinese government officials knew and potentially didn't tell global health officials about the emergence of COVID-19 in that country late last year, leading to questions about whether the damage could have been averted.
Both China and the WHO have denied any cover-up.
......
