[Updated] Patten-led group of 904 international Parliamentarians decry 'flagrant breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration'

[Updated 3/7: 2 additional signatory added to bring up the number to 904]

A cross-party international coalition of 904 parliamentarians and policymakers from 43 countries or territories today issued a statement decrying Beijing’s ‘unilateral introduction of national security legislation in Hong Kong,’ and calling for sympathetic governments to unite against this ‘flagrant breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration’.

Led by the former Governor of Hong Kong, Lord Patten, and the former UK Foreign Secretary, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, the coalition comprises of a depth of expertise and experience including former prime ministers, foreign secretaries, defence ministers, prominent legal and human rights experts, diplomats, Senators, and Members of Parliament.  

Lord Patten of Barnes said: "The statement shows growing and widespread international outrage at the decision by the Chinese government to unilaterally impose national security legislation in Hong Kong. The breadth of support, which spans all political parties and four continents, reflects both the severity of the situation and ongoing unified international support for the principle of one-country, two-systems."

Notably there have been over 180 Canadian signatories, 165 British signatories, over 80 European Parliament signatories, more than 100 Japanese signatories, 35 US signatories, 30 German signatories, and 27 Australian signatories.

Signatories include three former UK foreign secretaries, two former Leaders of the UK Conservative Party and one former leader of the Labour Party and two former speakers of the House of Commons, and the former UK Deputy Prime Minister. It was signed by two former European Prime Ministers, as well as by the Chairs of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the United States, UK, Australia and New Zealand, leading Green Party Members from around the world, and all the Liberal Democrats in the UK House of Commons.

In the United States, it was signed by the Chairs of three separate House of Representatives Committees, as well as both co-chairs of the Congressional Executive Commission on China, and the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In Canada, it was signed by senior members of the Shadow Cabinet, leadership challengers Erin O’Toole and Peter Mackay, and the former Secretary of State for Asia Pacific David Kilgour. There is considerable representation in Asia including the Chair of ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights. Diplomats represented included Britain's former Ambassador to the UN, and former Ambassador to the US, as well as South Korea's former human rights ambassador, and Samantha Power, the former US Ambassador to the UN.

Commenting on the publication of the international statement, Senator Marco Rubio, the Acting Chair of the US Senate Intelligence Committee said: “Through this letter, legislators from many democracies are uniting to express their support for Hong Kong’s autonomy and Hong Kongers. Our words must be met with actions and our governments should remain vigilant and ready to respond to Beijing’s violations of the Sino- British Joint Declaration.”

Senator Robert Menendez, the Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations committee, added, “Today we are all Hong Kongers. All those who support and respect international law, norms and behavior, and who support the people of Hong Kong and their legitimate aspirations for their autonomy, their human rights, and their democratic freedoms under ‘one country, two systems,’ have a responsibility to speak out today and make clear that Beijing’s behavior is unacceptable.”

Former UK Foreign Secretary and Hong Kong Watch Patron, Sir Malcolm Rifkind said: “This is the most serious threat to the people of Hong Kong that there has been from the Chinese Government since 1997. The people of Hong Kong need, and deserve, our support”

Hong Kong Watch’s co-founder and Chair, Benedict Rogers said:

“The death of democracy in Hong Kong should be of grave concern to us all. We hope that this international statement from policymakers across the political and geographic divide will send a clear message to Beijing that the world will not meekly consent to the dismantling of the ‘One, Country Two Systems’ Model overnight.”

Joint Statement from 904 Signatories

We, the co-signed, write to express grave concerns about the unilateral introduction of national security legislation by Beijing in Hong Kong. 

This is a comprehensive assault on the city's autonomy, rule of law, and fundamental freedoms. The integrity of one-country, two-systems hangs by a thread. 

It is the genuine grievances of ordinary Hong Kongers that are driving protests. Draconian laws will only escalate the situation further, jeopardising Hong Kong’s future as an open Chinese international city. 

If the international community cannot trust Beijing to keep its word when it comes to Hong Kong, people will be reluctant to take its word on other matters. Sympathetic governments must unite to say that this flagrant breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration cannot be tolerated.

Alphabetical list of signatories

Rt. Hon Lord Patten of Barnes, former Governor of Hong Kong

Rt. Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind, former Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary:

North America

Canada

Members of Parliament

Ziad Aboultaif MP

Dan Albas MP

Leona Alleslev, Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party and Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs

Gary Anandasangaree MP

Jenica Atwin MP

Tony Baldinelli MP

Michael Barrett MP, Shadow Minister for Ethics

Bob Benzen MP

James Bezan, MP, Shadow Minister for National Defence

Kelly Block MP

Alexandre Boulerice MP

Kenny Chiu MP

Hon. Michael Chong, P.C, M.P., Shadow Minister for Democratic Institutions

Laurel Collins MP

Michael Cooper MP

Marc Dalton MP

Ali Ehsassi MP

Dave Epp MP

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith MP

Ted Falk MP

Ed Fast MP, Former Minister of International Trade

Diane Finley, P.C., MP

Hon. Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C, Q.C MP, the former Minister of National Revenue

Randall Garrison MP

Garnett Genuis MP, Shadow Minister for Multiculturalism & Canada-China Relations

Tracy Gray MP, Shadow Minister for Interprovincial Trade

Jasraj Singh Hallan MP

Rachael Harder MP

Jack Harris MP

Anthony Housefather MP

Carol Hughes MP

Tamara Jansen MP

Matt Jeneroux MP

Gord Johns MP

Pat Kelly MP

Hon. Peter Kent MP, Former Minister of Environment

Iqra Khalid MP

Tom Kmiec MP

Jenny Kwan MP

Michael Levitt MP

Alistair MacGregor MP

Larry Maguire MP

James Maloney MP

Paul Manly MP

Brian Masse MP

Lindsay Mathyssen MP

Phil McColeman MP

Greg McLean MP

Cathy McLeod MP

Hon. John McKay MP

Heather McPherson MP

Eric Melillo MP

Hon. Rob Moore MP, Former Minister of State (ACOA) and Shadow Minister for Justice and Attorney General

Christine Normandin MP

Hon. Erin O’Toole MP, Former Minister for Veterans Affairs

Jeremy Patzer MP

Tako van Popta MP

Marcus Powlowski MP

Scott Reid MP

Raj Saini MP

Kyle Seeback MP

Hon. Judy Sgro MP

Nelly Shin MP

Jagmeet Singh MP, Leader of the New Democratic Party

Gerald Soroka MP

Sven Spengemann MP

Bruce Stanton MP

Warren Steinley MP

David Sweet MP

Marwan Tabbara MP

Arnold Viersen MP

Arif Virani MP

Brad Vis MP

Cathay Wagantall MP

Kevin Waugh MP

John Williamson MP

Sameer Zuberi MP

Members of the Senate

Senator Leo Housakos, former Speaker of the Senate

Hon. Marilou McPhedran

Senator Jim Munson

Senator Thanh Hai Ngo

Hon. David Adams Richards

Former Members of Parliament and Former Ministers

Hon. Jim Abbott P.C., Parl. Sec. to the Minister of International Cooperation

Honourable Diane Ablonczy P.C.

The Hon David Anderson, P.C., O.C., Former Senior Federal Minister for British Columbia and Former Minister of Environment

Hon. W. David Angus, QC, Ad. E.

Iain Angus

Ann Atamanenko

The Honourable Eleni Bakopanos, P.C.

Leon Benoit

Tyrone Benskin

David Berger

Maxime Bernier, former Foreign Affaires Minister and now leader of the People’s Party of Canada

L’honorable Jean-Pierre Blackburn

Jean Jacques Blais, P.C., Q.C.

Rod Blaker

Peter Braid

Honorable Herb Breau P.C.

Hon. Pauline Browes, Former Minister of Indian Affairs

Dr. Jan Brown

Lois Brown 

Robert Carrier

Hon. Sharon Carstairs PC CM, Former Government Leader Senate of Canada

Corneliu Chisu

Roger Clinch

Irwin Colter, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General

George Cooper 

Paul Crete

Hon. Roy Cullen, P.C.

Libby Davies 

Nicole Demers

Gilles Duceppe

Leo Duguay

Hon. Art Eggleton P.C. 

John English

Ken Epp

Hon. Steven Fletcher

Joan Fraser

Gordon Gilchrist

The Honourable Shelly Glover P.C., Former Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister for Official Languages for Canada as well as Regional Minister for Manitoba

The Hon. Jerry S. Grafstein

Hon. Bill Graham, P.C., C.M., Q.C., Former Foreign Minister and Minister of Defence 

Richard Grisé

Sadia Groguhé

Gary M Gurbin

Jim Hart

Ross Harvey

Loyola Hearn, Former Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Former Canadian Ambassador to Ireland

Ted Hsu

Lynn Hunter

Hon. David Kilgour, former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific and former MP

MPP Daryl Kramp

Hon Walt Lastewka 

Derek Lee 

Pierre Lemieux

Wendy Lill

Hon. Peter Mackay, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Canada

Hon. Gurbax Singh Malhi

Arnold Malone

Peter Mancini

Richard Marceau

Inky Mark

Philip Mayfield

Murray McBride

Hon. John McDermid P.C.

Lynn McDoanld

Joe McGuire

Audrey McLaughlin

Hon. Tom McMillan P.C.

Isabelle Morin

Eva Nassif 

Con Di Nino

Patrick W. O’Brien

John Oliver

Pierre A. Paquette

LaVar Payne 

Jean-Claude Poissant

Hon. David Pratt, former Minister of National Defence

Hon. David W Price P.C.

Bob Rae, former Premier of Ontario and Federal MP

Nelson Riis 

Svend Robinson

Bob Runciman

Terence J Sargeant

Rathika Sitsabaiesan

Hon Carol Skelton P.C.

Robert D. Sopuck

Thierry St-Cyr

Wayne Stetski

Peter Stoffer 

Mike Sullivan

Anna Terrana

Nycole Turmel

Barry Turner

Frank Valeriote 

Angela Vautour

Ian G Waddell Q.C

John Weston

Nick Whalen

Rev. Lois M Wilson C.C.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj, Former Chair Canadian Nato Parliamentary Association

Wai Young

USA

Members of the Senate

Senator Marsha Blackburn

Senator Kevin Cramer

Senator Benjamin L Cardin, Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee

Senator Ted Cruz, Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Senator Josh Hawley

Senator Edward J Markey, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy

Senator Robert Menendez, Ranking Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Senator Jeffrey A. Merkley

Senator Marco Rubio, Acting Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee

Senator Ben Sasse

Members of the House of Representatives

Congressman Robert B Aderholt

Congressman Ami Bera, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Non-proliferation, House Foreign Affairs Committee

Congressman Edward Case

Congressman Joaquin Castro, Vice Chairman of the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs

Congressman Steve Chabot, former Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs

Congressman John Curtis

Congressman Eliot L Engel, Chairman of US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs

Congressman Mike Gallagher

Congressman Andy Harris, MD, member of the House Appropriations Committee and of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler

Congressman Dan Lipinski

Congressman Tom Malinowski

Congressman Michael T McCaul, ranking member of US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs

Congressman James McGovern, co-chair of the Congressional Executive Commission on China

Congressman Dean Phillips, Member House Foreign Affairs Committee

Congressman Robert Pittenger, Chairman of the Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum

Congressman Adam B Schiff, Chairman of the US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Congressman Brad Sherman, Former Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Non-proliferation, House Foreign Affairs Committee

Congressman Adam Smith, Chairman of US House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services

Congressman Christopher Smith, former Chair of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik

Congressman Tom Suozzi

Congressman Ted Yoho, ranking member of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Non-proliferation, US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs

Former Member of Congress

Frank Wolf, Member of Congress 1981-2014 (retired)

Rick Santorum, former Senator 1995-2007

Former Ambassadors

Derek Mitchell, President of the National Democratic Institute and former Ambassador to Burma

Samantha Power, former USA Ambassador to the United Nations

Grover Joseph Rees, former USA Ambassador to East Timor

Other

Professor Jerome A. Cohen, Professor of law at New York University School of Law, founding director of its US-Asia Law Institute and adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations

Garry Kasparov, Chairman of Human Rights Foundation

Daniel Twining, President of the International Republican Institute

Europe

EU

Former EU Special Envoys

Jan Figel, former Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and EU Special Envoy for Promotion Freedom of Religion or Belief outside of the EU

Members of the European Parliament

Alviina Alamesta MEP (Greens, Finland)

Francois Alfonsi MEP (Greens, Germany)

Gerolf Annemans MEP (Identity and Democracy Group, Belgium)

Margrete Auken MEP (Greens, Denmark)

Petras Austrevicuis MEP (Renew Europe, Lithuania)

Malik Azmani MEP, (Renew Europe, Netherlands), First-Vice Chair of Renew Europe Group

Jose Ramon Bauza Diaz MEP (Renew Europe, Spain)

Francois-Xavier Bellamy MEP (European People’s Party, France)

Vladimír Bilčík MEP (European People’s Party, Slovakia)

Benoit Biteau MEP (Greens, France)

Mara Bizzotto MEP (Identity and Democracy, Italy)

Malin Björk MEP (European United Left - Nordic Green Left, Sweden)

Michael Bloss MEP (Greens, Germany)

Damian Boeselager MEP (Greens, Germany)

Anna Bonfrisco MEP (Identity and Democracy, Italy)

Geert Bourgeois MEP (European Conservatives and Reformists, Belgium)

Reinhard Buetikofer MEP (Greens, Germany)

Marco Campomenosi MEP (Identity and Democracy, Italy)

Damien Careme MEP (Greens, France)

Anna Cavazzini MEP (Greens, Germany)

Susanna Ceccardi MEP (Identity and Democracy, Italy)

Olivier Chastel MEP (Renew Europe, Belgium)

David Cormand MEP (Greens, France)

Katalin Cseh MEP (Renew Europe, Hungary)

Ciaran Cuffe MEP (Greens, Ireland)

Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield MEP (Greens, France)

Karima Delli MEP (Greens, France)

Pascal Durand MEP (Renew Europe, France)

Bas Eickhout MEP (Vice-Chair Greens, Netherlands)

Engin Eroglu MEP (Renew Europe, Germany)

Anna Fotyga MEP, (European Conservatives & Reformists) Poland former Foreign Secretary of Poland

Daniel Freund MEP (Greens, Germany)

Michael Gahler MEP (European People’s Party, Germany)

Evelyne Gebhardt MEP (Socialists & Democrats, Germany)

Sven Giegold MEP (Greens, Germany)

Raphaël Glucksmann MEP (Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, France)

Markéta Gregorová MEP (Greens, Czech Republic)

Bart Groothuis MEP (Renew, Netherlands)

Claude Gruffat MEP (Greens, France)

Francisco Guerreiro MEP (Greens, Portugal)

Bernard Guetta MEP (Renew Europe, France)

Heidi Hautala MEP, Vice President of the European Parliament (Greens/European Free Alliance, Finland)

Hannes Heide, MEP (Austria, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats)

Yannick Jadot MEP (Greens, France)

Rasa Jukneviciene MEP, (European People’s Party, Lithuania) former Minister of Defence of Lithuania and former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Eugen Jurzyca MEP (European Conservatives & Reformists, Slovakia)

Assista Kanko MEP (Vice Chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists, Belgium)

Karin Karlsbro MEP (Renew Europe, Sweden)

Moritz Körner MEP (Renew Europe, Germany)

Andrius Kibilius MEP (European People’s Party, Lithuania), former Prime Minister of Lithuania

Ilhan Kyuchyuk, MEP (Renew Europe, Bulgaria), Vice President of the ALDE

Philippe Lamberts MEP (Co-President Greens, Belgium)

David Lega MEP (European People's Party, Sweden)

Miriam Lexmann MEP (European People’s Party, Slovakia)

Erik Marquardt MEP (Greens, Germany)

Javier Nart MEP (Renew Europe, Spain)

Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová MEP (European Conservatives & Reformists, Slovakia)

Ludek Niedermayer MEP (European People’s Party, Czech Republic)

Niklas Nienaß MEP (Greens, Germany), Coordinator in the Committee on Regional Development, Member of the Committee on Culture and Education

Urmas Paet MEP (Renew Europe, Estonia), former Foreign Secretary of Estonia

Mikulas Peksa MEP (Greens, Czechia)

Kira Peter-Hansen MEP (Greens, Denmark)

Kati Piri MEP (Vice-President of the group of Socialists and Democrats, Netherlands)

Guliano Pisapia MEP (Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Italy)

Peter Pollák MEP (European People’s Party, Slovakia)

Terry Reintke MEP (Vice-Chair Greens, Germany)

Diana Riba I Giner MEP (Greens, Spain)

Michèle Rivasi MEP (Greens, France)

Dorien Rookmaker MEP (GO, Netherlands)

Caroline Roose MEP (Greens, France)

Bert-Jan Ruissen MEP (European Conservatives and Reformists Group, Netherlands)

Mounir Satouri MEP (Greens, France)

Christine Schneider MEP (European People’s Party, Germany)

Petra de Sutter MEP (Greens, Belgium)

Michaela Šojdrová MEP (European People’s Party, Czech Republic)

Ivan Štefanec MEP (European People’s Party, Slovakia)

Ramona Strugariu MEP (Renew Europe, Romania)

Tineke Strik MEP (Greens, Netherlands)

Antonio Tajani MEP (European People’s Party, Italy), former President of the European Parliament

Hermann Tertsch MEP, (European Conservatives and Reformists Group, Spain)

Romana Tomc MEP (European People’s Party, Slovenia)

Marie Toussaint MEP (Greens, France)

Isabella Tovaglieri MEP (Identity and Democracy, Italy)

Ernest Urtasun MEP (Greens, Spain)

Hilde Vautmans MEP (Renew Europe, Belgium)

Guy Verhofstadt MEP (Renew Europe, Belgium), former Prime Minister of Belgium

Bettina Vollath MEP (Socialists and Democrats, Austria)

Alexander Vondra MEP (European Conservatives & Reformists, Czech Republic), former Minister of Defence

Veronika Vrecionová MEP (European Conservatives & Reformists, Czech Republic)

Thomas Waitz MEP (Greens, Austria)

Lara Wolters MEP (Socialists and Democrats, Netherlands) 

Salima Yenbou MEP (Greens, France)

Marco Zanni MEP (Chair Identity and Democracy, Italy)

Former Member of European Parliament

John Cushnahan (Ireland), European Parliament Rapporteur on Hong Kong from 1997 -2004, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1982-86 and leader of the Alliance Party

Hans van Baalen, President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), former Member of the Netherlands Parliament (1999-2009) and former Member of the European Parliament (2009 - 2019)

Albania
Fatmir Mediu MP, Former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Albania

Austria

Petra Bayr MP

Dr. Ewa Ernst-Dziedzic MP

Michel Reimon MP

Belgium

Member of the Chamber of Representatives

Séverine de Laveleye

Ellen Samyn, vice-president of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

Czech Republic

House of Deputies of the Czech Parliament

Markéta Pekarová Adamová MP, Leader of TOP 09 party

Jan Bauer MP

Martin Baxa MP

Marek Benda MP

Jan Čižinský MP

Miroslav Kalousek MP, former Minister of Finance

Frantisek Kopriva MP

Lenka Kozlova MP

Martin Kupka MP

Helena Langšádlová MP, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Migration and Asylum Policy

Jan Lipavsky MP

Tomas Martinek MP

Ondrej Profant MP

Olga Richterova MP

Karel Schwarzenberg MP, Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee

Vlastimil Válek MP

Tomas Vymazal MP

Pavel Žáček MP

Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

Senator Tomáš Czernin

Senator Pavel Fischer, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence

Senator Marek Hilšer

Senator Zdeněk Nytra

Senator Miloš Vystrčil, President of the Senate

Denmark

Members of Parliament

Uffe Elbæk MP, former Minister of Culture

Former Member of Parliament

Viggo Fischer, former member of parliament

France

Jacques Maire MP, ALDE group leader of the Parliamentary assembly of the council of Europe

Germany

Members of Parliament

Margarete Bause MdB, Green Party Spokeswoman for the Human Rights and Humanitarian AidCommittee

Dr. Danyal Bayaz MdB

Michael Brand MdB, CDU / CSU Spokesman of Human Rights Policy

Peter Heidt MdB

Frank Heinrich MdB

Dr. Anton Hofreiter MdB

Eckhard Gnodtke MdB

Gyde Jensen MdB, the Chair of the Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid Committee

Frank Müller-Rosentritt MdB

Omid Nouripour MdB

Martin Patzelt MdB, member of the Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid Committee

Claudia Roth MdB, Vice President of German Bundestag

Dr. Frithjof Schmidt MdB

Jürgen Trittin MdB, former leader of the Greens and former Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety

Former Ambassador

Dr. Volker Stanzel, former German ambassador to China and Japan

Ireland

Dáil Éireann

Ivana Bacik TD

Malcolm Byrne TD

Marian Harkin TD

Joe O’Brien TD

Neale Richmond TD

Seanad Éireann

Senator Gerard Craughwell

Senator Ronan Mullen

Senator David Norris

Senator Pauline O’Reilly, Green Party Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs

Italy

Members of Parliament

Alex Bazzaro MP

Matteo Luigi Bianchi MP

Enrico Borghi MP

Paolo Formentini MP, Vice-President Foreign Affairs Committee

Roberto Giachetti MP

Alessandro Giglio Vigna MP

Paolo Grimoldi MP

Fabio Rampelli MP, Vice-President Italian Chamber of Deputies

Eugenio Zoffili MP

Members of Senate

Senator Alessandro Alfieri

Senator Lucio Malan

Senator Roberto Rampi

Senator Adolfo Urso, former Deputy Minister of Productive Activities with delegation to foreign trade

Former Ministers and Members of Parliament

Marco Beltrandi, former MP

Rita Bernardini, former MP

Sergio D’Elia, former MP

Maria Antonietta Farina Coscioni, former MP

Amb. Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, former Minister of Foreign Affairs (President of the Global Committee for the Rule of Law “Marco Pannella”)

Maurizio Turco, former MP and MEP of the European Parliament, secretary of the Nonviolent Radical Party

Elisabetta Zamparutti, former MP

Kosovo

Senton Kaçaniku, President of the Institute for Freedom and Justice

Lithuania

Mantas Adomenas MP

Arvydas Anusauskas MP

Audronius Azubalis MP, former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Laurynas Kasciunas MP

Gabrielius Landsbergis MP

Radvilė Morkunaite-Mikuleniene MP

Emanuelis Zingeris MP, Chair of the Subcommittee on Transatlantic Relations and Democratic Development

Žygimantas Pavilionis MP, former Ambassador of Lithuania to the United States of America

The Netherlands

Members of House of Representatives

Kathalijne Buitenweg

Wybren Ridley van Haga

Martijn Van Helvert

Femke Merel van Kooten

Henk Krol

Bram van Ojik

Esther Ouwehand

Jan Paternotte

Lilianne Ploumen

Sjoerd Sjoerdsma

Members of the Senate

Margreet de Boer

Boris Dittrich

Gerben Gerbrandy

Tineke Huizinga

Farah Karimi

Ruud Koole

Ria Oomen-Ruijten

Gala Veldhoen

Maarten J. Verkerk

Mei Li Vos

Former Members of Parliament

Kathleen Ferrier, former Member of Parliament

Rick van der Ploeg, former Secretary of State for Culture and former Member of Parliament

Norway

Ola Elvestuen MP

Trine Skei Grande MP

Kristoffer Robin Haug MP

Tina Shagufta Munir Kornmo MP

Poland

Magdalena Biejat MP

Daria Gosek-Popiołek MP

Maciej Konieczny MP

Paulina Matysiak MP

Dobromir Sośnierz MP

Adrian Zandberg MP

Marelina Zawisza MP

Russia

Vladimir Kara-Murza, Vice-President of the Free Russia Foundation

Slovakia

Members of Parliament

Alojz Baránik MP

Ján Benčík MP

Peter Cmorej MP

Ondrej Dostál MP

Gábor Grendel MP, Deputy Speaker

Jarmila Halgašová MP

Radovan Kazda MP

Miroslav Kollár MP

Vladimíra Marcinková MP

Peter Osuský MP

Peter Pollák MP

Juraj Šeliga MP, Deputy Speaker

Andrej Stančík MP

Romana Tabák MP

Tomáš Valášek MP

Marián Viskupič MP

Anna Zemanová MP

Miroslav Žiak MP

Jana Žitňanská MP

Former Member of Parliament

František Šebej, former MP and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee

Sweden

Tina Acketoft MP

Gulan Avici MP

Malin Danielsson MP

Joar Forssell MP

Roger Haddad MP

Hampus Hagman MP

Robert Hannah MP

David Josefsson MP

Kerstin Lundgren MP

Frederik Malm MP

Maria Nilsson MP

Lina Nordquist MP

Christer Nylander MP

Niels Paarup-Petersen MP

Yasmine Posio MP, member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

Jonas Sjöstedt MP, party leader of the Left party

Håkan Svenneling MP, member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

Arman Teimouri MP

Lorentz Tovatt MP

Ilona Szatmári Waldau MP, member of the Committee on European Union Affairs

Solveig Zander MP

Ukraine

Hanna Hopko, former member of Parliament and Chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Verkhovna Rada (2014-2019), zero Corruption Conference chairwoman, Head of the Board of National Interests advocacy network “ANTS”

Ihor Lutsenko, former member of Parliament (2014-2019), activist of the Revolution of Dignity

Dr. Ulana Suprun, Chairwoman of NGO ArcUA and former Acting Minister of Health (2016-2019)

UK

Members of House of Commons

Debbie Abrahams MP, former Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Gareth Bacon MP

Andrew Bowie MP

Andrew Bridgen MP

Anthony Browne MP

Fiona Bruce MP, Chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission

Chris Bryant MP, Member of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee

Alistair Carmichael MP, Liberal Democrats Foreign Affairs Spokesman

Wendy Chamberlain MP

Sarah Champion MP, Chair of the International Development Committee

Joanna Cherry QC MP, SNP Spokesperson for Home Department and Justice

Daisy Cooper MP

Neil Coyle MP, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee

Rt. Hon Ed Davey MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

Geraint Davies MP

Dr James Davies MP

Dehenna Davison MP

Martyn Day MP

Dave Doogan MP

Peter Dowd MP, former Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Tim Farron MP, former Leader of the Liberal Democrats

Simon Fell MP

Marion Fellows, MP 

Margaret Ferrier MP

Rt. Hon Liam Fox MP, former Defence Secretary and International Trade Secretary

Rt. Hon Damian Green MP, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Jonathan Gullis MP

Andrew Gwynne MP, former Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Neale Hanvey MP

Antony Higginbotham MP

Wera Hobhouse MP

Kevin Hollinrake MP

Stewart Hosie MP

Christine Jardine MP

David Jones MP

Imran Khan MP

Daniel Kawczynski MP

Chris Law MP, SNP Spokesperson for International Development

Caroline Lucas MP

Craig Mackinlay MP

Paul Maynard MP

Jason McCartney MP

Stewart M McDonald MP, Member of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee

Anne McLaughlin MP

Gagan Mohindra MP

Carol Monaghan MP

Layla Moran MP

Kieran Mullen MP

Caroline Nokes MP

Sarah Olney MP

Tom Randall MP

Rob Roberts MP

Andrew Rosindell MP, Member of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee

Bob Seely MP, Member of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee

Andrew Selous MP

Virendra Sharma MP

Henry Smith MP, Member of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee

Rt. Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP, former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Leader of the Conservative Party

Alyn Smith MP, SNP spokesman for International Affairs

Jamie Stone MP

Rt. Hon Stephen Timms MP, Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee

Richard Thomson MP

Tom Tugendhat MP, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee

Jamie Wallis MP

James Wild MP

Craig Williams MP

Munira Wilson MP

Mohammad Yasin MP

Members of the House of Lords

Rt. Hon Lord Addington

Rt. Hon Lord Alderdice, former President of Liberal International 

Lord Alton of Liverpool

Rt. Hon. Lord Adonis

Rt. Hon Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

Rt. Revd Nicholas Baines, Bishop of Leeds

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

Rt. Hon Lord Balfe

Rt. Hon Baroness Barker

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle, former Leader of the Green Party

Lord Blackheath

Rt. Hon Baroness Blackstone

Rt. Hon Baroness Boothroyd of Sandwell, former Speaker of the House of Commons

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury

Lord Bowness

Rt. Hon Lord Boyle, Earl of Cork and Orrery

Rt. Hon Lord Bradshaw

Baroness Sal Brinton

Baroness Burt of Solihull 

Rt. Hon. Lord Campbell of Pittenweem QC, former leader of the Liberal Democrats 

Rt. Hon Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

Lord Craig of Radley, former Chief of the Defence Staff

The Lord Bishop of Coventry

Baroness Cox of Queensbury

Rt. Hon Baroness D’Souza, former Lord Speaker

Rt. Hon Lord Dholakia OBE

Rt. Hon Lord Dubs

Lord Foster of Bath

Rt. Hon Baroness Falkner of Margravine

Rt. Hon Lord Fox 

Rt. Hon Baroness Garden of Frognal

Lord German

Lord Gilbert of Panteg

The Earl of Glasgow 

Rt. Hon Lord Goldsmith of Allerton, former Attorney General

Rt. Hon Lord Hain of Neath, former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Northern Ireland

Baroness Hamwee 

Lord Hannay of Chiswick, former UK Ambassador to the United Nations

Baroness Harris of Richmond, Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords

Lord Hogan-Howe of Sheffield, former Metropolitan Police Commissioner

Rt. Hon Lord Howard of Lympne, former Home Secretary and Leader of the Conservative Party

Baroness Humphreys 

Rt. Hon Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Rt. Hon Lord Hylton

Baroness Janke

Rt Hon. Baroness Jolly

Lord Jones of Cheltenham 

Baroness Kennedy QC of the Shaws

Rt. Hon Lord King of Bridgewater, former Defence Secretary and Northern Ireland Secretary

Rt. Hon Lord Kinnock, former Leader of the Labour Party and Vice-President of the European Commission

Lord Kirkharle of Curry

Rt Hon. Baroness Kramer 

Rt. Hon. Lord Levy, former special envoy to the Middle East

Rt. Hon Baroness Lister of Burtersett

Lord Low of Dalston

Lord Lucas

Baroness Ludford

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

Rt. Hon Lord Murphy of Torfaen

Baroness Meyer of Nine Elms

Rt. Hon Baroness Neville-Jones, former BBC Governor and Chair of the British Joint Intelligence Committee

Lord Newby, Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords

Rt Hon. Baroness Northover

Lord Oates

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill

Baroness Pinnock

Lord Pendry of Stalybridge, Middleweight Colonial boxing champion, Hong Kong 1957

Lord Purvis of Tweed

Lord Razzall 

Lord Rennard

Lord Ricketts, former Permanent Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and former Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee

Lord Scriven

Lord Sharkey

Baroness Shas Sheehan

Lord Shipley

Rt. Hon Lord Shutt of Greetland

Baroness Smith of Newnham

Rt. Hon Baroness Stern

Lord Strasburger 

Baroness Stroud

Rt. Hon Baroness Suttie

Rt. Hon Lord Swinfen

Baroness Thomas of Winchester

Baroness Thornhill MBE

Lord Tope

Lord Trees

Rt. Hon Viscount Trenchard

Rt. Hon Lord Tugendhat, Former Vice-President of the European Commission

Baroness Tyler of Enfield

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

Lord Wallace of Tankerness, former Deputy First Minister of Scotland

Baroness Walmsley

Rt. Hon and Rt. Revd Lord Williams of Oystermouth, former Archbishop of Canterbury

Lord Willoughby de Broke

Lord Wood of Anfield

Lord Wrigglesworth

Former Members of Parliament

Rev. Jonathan Aitken, former Cabinet minister and Member of Parliament

Rt. Hon John Bercow, former Speaker of the House of Commons and former MP

Rt. Hon David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary and MP

Rt. Hon Rory Stewart, former Secretary of State for International Development and former MP

Rt. Hon Jack Straw, former Foreign Secretary, Home Secretary, and Justice Secretary and former MP

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Ruth Davidson MSP, former leader of the Scottish Conservative Party

Ross Greer MSP, Scottish Green External Affairs Spokesperson

Bill Kidd MSP

John Mason MSP

Sandra White MSP

Members of the Welsh Parliament

Angela Burns MS

Andrew RT Davies MS

Paul Davies MS

Mark Isherwood MS

Caroline Jones MS

Mandy Jones MS

Darren Millar MS

Mark Reckless MS

David Rowlands MS

Former Ambassadors

Sir David Manning, former UK Ambassador to the United States of America

Religious Leaders

Dr Desmond Biddulph CBE, President The Buddhist Society

Fr Timothy Radcliffe, former Master of the Dominican Order Worldwide

Others

Bill Browder

South America

Brazil

Eli Borges, Federal Deputy of Brail & President of the Parliamentarian Coalition for Religious, Liberty, Refugees and Humanitarian Aid

Africa

Gambia

Lamin J Sanneh MP

Nigeria

Rep. Solomon Maren Bulus MP

Uganda

Komakech Lyandro MP

Asia

Hong Kong

Emily Lau, former leader of the Hong Kong Democratic Party and former Legislative Council Member

Alan Leong, former Chair of the Hong Kong Bar Association and former Legislative Council Member

Dr Margaret Ng, former Legislative Council member

India

Dr John Dayal, former President of the All India Catholic Union and Member of the National Integration Council

Indonesia

Rafendi Djamin, former Representative of Indonesia to the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights

Yuyun Wahyuningrum, Representative of Indonesia to the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights

Japan

House of Councillors

Sen. Shinya Adachi

Sen. Shigeharu Aoyama

Sen. Haruko Arimura

Sen. Yasue Funayama

Sen. Michiya Haga

Sen. Satoshi Hamada

Sen. Tadayoshi Ichida

Sen. Satoshi Inoue

Sen. Taiga Ishikawa

Sen. Tomo Iwabuchi

Sen. Yoshiko Kira

Sen. Yukihito Koga

Sen. Akira Koike

Sen. Takashi Koyari

Sen. Akiko Kurabayashi

Sen. Yuichi Mayama

Sen. Tamayo Marukawa

Sen. Teruhiko Mashiko

Sen. Rui Matsukawa

Sen. Junko Mihara

Sen. Shingo Miyake

Sen. Takako Nagae

Sen. Satoshi Nakanishi

Sen. Kuniyoshi Noda

Sen. Katsumi Ogawa

Sen. Kimi Onoda

Sen. Masahisa Sato

Sen. Hideya Sugio

Sen. Katsunori Takahashi

Sen. Ryosuke Takeda

Sen. Hirofumi Takinami

Sen. Masamune Wada

Sen. Hiroshi Yamada

Sen. Eriko Yamatani

Sen. Taku Yamazoe

House of Representatives

Rep. Yukihiko Akutsu

Rep. Akira Amari

Rep. Yoichi Anami

Rep. Hiroshi Andou

Rep. Akinori Eto

Rep. Yasufumi Fujino

Rep. Keiji Furuya

Rep. Koichiro Gemba

Rep. Kentaro Gemma

Rep. Yoshiaki Harada

Rep. Hiroshi Hase

Rep. Kaichi Hasegawa

Rep. Kimie Hatano

Rep. Tsuyoshi Hoshino

Rep. Yasushi Hosaka

Rep. Kenichi Hosoda

Rep. Maki Ikeda

Rep. Shinji Inoue

Rep. Souichirou Imaeda

Rep. Masatoshi Ishida

Rep. Akimasa Ishikawa

Rep. Kaori Ishikawa

Rep. Tohru Ishizaki

Rep. Takeshi Iwaya

Rep. Mito Kakizawa

Rep. Akiko Kamei

Rep. Yasushi Kaneko

Rep. Akira Kasai

Rep. Hitoshi Kikawada

Rep. Tetsuya Kimura

Rep. Shuhei Kishimoto

Rep. Minoru Kiuchi

Rep. Keiji Kokuta

Rep. Hiromichi Kumada

Rep. Seiichi Kushida

Rep. Jin Matsubara

Rep. Koichi Matsudaira

Rep. Hidehiro Mitani

Rep. Hiromi Mitsubayashi

Rep. Shin Miyakawa

Rep. Tooru Miyamoto

Rep. Hiroyuki Miyazawa

Rep. Nobuko Motomura

Rep. Fumiyoshi Murakami

Rep. Shunsuke Mutai

Rep. Youji Muto

Rep. Takashi Nagao

Rep. Keiko Nagaoka

Rep. Akihisa Nagashima

Rep. Masaharu Nakagawa

Rep. Hiroyuki Nakamura

Rep. Kishiro Nakamura

Rep. Yasutaka Nakasone

Rep. Gen Nakatani

Rep. Kazuma Nakatani

Rep. Hideki Niwa

Rep. Masako Ohkawara

Rep. Kazuhide Okuma

Rep. Makoto Oniki

Rep. Hiroyuki Onishi

Rep. Kensuke Onishi

Rep. Hiroaki Saitoh

Rep. Yoshitaka Sakurada

Rep. Shu Sakurai

Rep. Hiroyoshi Sasakawa

Rep. Akio Sato

Rep. Masahiko Shibayama

Rep. Mamoru Shigemoto

Rep. Tadashi Shimizu

Rep. Takeshi Shina

Rep. Ryu Shionoya

Rep. Yoshihiro Seki

Rep. Mio Sugita

Rep. Yoshinori Suematsu

Rep. Junji Suzuki

Rep. Kaname Tajima

Rep. Kei Takagi

Rep. Takashi Takai

Rep. Tom Tanigawa

Rep. Kiyoto Tsuji

Rep. Keisuke Tsumura

Rep. Hiroshi Ueno

Rep. Yoshiaki Wada

Rep. Kenji Yamada

Rep. Miki Yamada

Rep. Shunichi Yamaguchi

Rep. Shiori Yamao

Rep. Takashi Yamashita

Rep. Makoto Yamazaki

Malaysia

Andrew Khoo, Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya in Malaysia, former Co-Chair of the Human Rights Committee, Bar Council Malaysia

The Hon. Senator P. Waytha Moorthy

Charles Santiago MP, Chair of ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights

Maldives

Dr Ahmed Shaheed, former Foreign Minister of the Maldives and Chair, Universal Rights Group, Geneva

Myanmar

Member of Parliament

U Kyaw Min San, Member of the Bago Regional Parliament and former legal adviser to the International Commission of Jurists Office

Religious Leader

His Eminence Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar and President of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences

Philippines

Senator Risa Hontiveros, Chair of the Senate Women, Family Relations and Equality Committee

Senator Francis N. Pangilinan, former Senate Majority Leader

South Korea

Jin-Tae Kim, Member of the National Assembly and former Prosecutor (Chief of the Wonju Public Prosecutor's Office)

Jung-Hoon Lee, former Ambassador for Human Rights

Yanghee Lee, former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar; former Chairperson of UN Committee on the Rights of the Child; Professor at Sungkyunkwan University South Korea

Kyung Won Na, member of the National Assembly and former Chair of the Foreign Relations and Unification Committee and floor leader of the main opposition party

Wonsik Shin, Member-elect of the National Assembly and retired Lieutenant General of the ROK Army

Taiwan

Legislative Yuan

Chang Hung-Lu

Chao Tien-Lin

Chen Ming-Wen

Chen Ou-Po

Chen Po-Wei

Chiang Yung-Chang

Chiu Chin-Wei

Chiu Hsien-Chih

Chou Chun-Mi

Chuang Ching-Cheng

Chung Chia-Pin

Fan Yun

Ho Mark Chih Wei

Hsu Chih-Chieh

Huang Shiou-Fang

Hung Sun-Han

Lai Pin-Yu

Lee Kun-Tse

Lin Chu-Yin

Lin Chun-Hsien

Lin I-Chin

Lin Shu-Fen

Lim Tshiong-Tso Freddy

Liu Shyh-Fang

Lo Chih-Cheng

Su Chiao-Hui

Su Chih-Fen

Tsai Shih-Ying

Tsai Yi-Yu

Wang Ting-Yu

Wang Wan-Yu

Wu Chi-Ming

Wu Li-Hua

Wu Szu-Yao

Wu Yu-Chin

Oceania

Australia

Members of Parliament

Kevin Andrews MP, Former Australian Defence Minister, Chairman of the Human Rights sub-committee of the Australian Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade

Bridget Archer MP

Adam Bandt MP, Leader of the Australian Greens, Australian Greens Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs

George Christensen MP, Chair, Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth

Andrew Hastie MP, Chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Committee for Intelligence and Security, Australia

Ian Goodenough MP

Peter Khalil MP, Member of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade

Gladys Liu MP

Dr Daniel Mulino MP, Member for Fraser

Hon. Edward O’Donohue MP, Victorian Shadow Attorney-General

Dave Sharma MP

Phillip Thompson MP, Member of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

Tim Wilson MP

Members of the Senate

Senator Eric Abetz, former Leader of the Government in the Senate

Senator Alex Antic

Senator Slade Brockman

Senator Matthew Canavan, former Minister for Resources

Senator Claire Chandler

Senator Raff Ciccone, Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate

Senator David Fawcett, Chair of the Joint Standing Committee Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade, former Assistant Minister for Defence

Senator the Honourable Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Chair of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation and former Minister for International Development and the Pacific

Senator Kimberley Kitching, Shadow Assistant Minister for Government Accountability and member of the Joint Standing Committee Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade

Senator Jim Molan

Senator Matthew O’Sullivan

Senator James Paterson

Senator Tony Sheldon

Senator Amanda Stoker

Members of Legislative Assemblies

Vicki Dunne, Deputy Speaker, Legislative Assembly for Australian Capital Territory

Bernie Finn MLC, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (upper house)

Janelle Saffin

Former Members of Parliament

Bob Brown, former Leader of the Australian Greens, former Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania

Hon Michael Danby, former member for Melbourne Ports, former Chair of the Joint Standing Committee Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

Christine Milne AO, former Leader of the Australian Greens, former Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania, current Global Greens Ambassador

New Zealand

Simeon Brown MP

Marama Davidson MP, co-leader of the Green Party

Simon O’Connor MP, Chair of the Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade Committee

Louisa Wall MP, Deputy Chair of PNND New Zealand and Co-Chair Cross Party Women Parliamentarians