Canada: Confront China’s Heightened Repression

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (L) with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Gyeongju, South Korea, October 31, 2025. © 2025 Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP Photo (Ottawa) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney should make human rights a key focus of his visit to China from January 13 to 17, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. Carney’s trip to China is the first by a Canadian prime minister in more than eight years. Canada-China relations have been strained in recent years as Chinese President Xi Jinping has intensified repression both inside China and…

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