China Sanctions Canadian Organizations in Response to Human Rights Designations

China last week imposed sanctions on Canada-based organizations and others in response to Canada’s recent sanctions against Chinese officials for human rights violations (see 2412110016). The designations, taken under Beijing’s Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, target the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project in Canada and the Canada-Tibet Committee, along with a list of the groups’ officials, according to an unofficial translation of a notice from China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry. The sanctions block their property in China and prohibit them from doing business in the country.