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Jack Nagler
Ombudsman
CBC
May 19, 2019
Dear Mr. Nagler,
Please treat this email as an official complaint.
My complaint is as follows: the CBC news web page did not report on the release of a study -- by the Canadian Coalition on Human Rights in China -- documenting on Chinese government intimidation of Chinese-Canadian dissident groups in Canada. The study can be accessed via the Amnesty International Canada web page, here:
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Canadian Coalition on Human Rights in China says Canadian government’s inadequate response emboldens pro-Beijing actors OTTAWA – Advocates across Canada are increasingly facing threats, intimidation, and harassment for sounding the alarm on serious human rights concerns in China, according to a new report. The Canadian Coalition on Human Rights in China, a coalition of Canada-based civil society organizations with a specific focus on the place of human rights in Canada’s foreign policy with China, released the report today.
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I did a search of the CBC web site, using the term "Canadian Coalition on Human Rights in Canada", and could not find any article. Other national media in Canada covered the story.
I contend that the issue of intimidation of various Chinese-Canadian dissidents in Canada is important, and should be covered by CBC News. This study, promoted by Amnesty International Canada, offers a rather exhaustive and complete discussion of recent intimidation tactics by the government of China. I specifically refer to the CBC web page -- but my complain could be broadened to include other CBC media (TV and radio), if you can find that these latter media were negligent in reporting on this study.
The above constitutes my complaint.
I might add that the CBC web page recently published two attack articles against the Epoch Times Canada, perhaps the leading house organ for Chinese-Canadian dissidents in Canada:
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I am not lodging a complaint against these latter two articles. But what I am complaining is that, on balance, looking at what was published and what was NOT published in the CBC web page, during this recent period, CBC news chose to ignore the concerns of the Chinese-Canadian dissident community.
Sincerely,
David Murrell (PhD)
Fredericton, NB
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