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Rushan Abbas
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Chairwoman of the WUC Executive Committee | Exec.Dir. of @CUyghurs | Sister of retired Dr. detained by China since Sept 2018
Washington DC Beigetreten Mayıs 2013
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Rushan Abbas retweetet
By my count, @MPMichaelMa attended 8 events in the last 8 months with the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front-linked entities.
Wow, what are the odds?
Chung Ching Kwong 鄺頌晴@chungchingkwong
🧵Brief thread on Canadian MP Michael Ma’s connection with 🇨🇳 United Front Work (He’s the MP who recently questioned the veracity of the Uyghur persecutions) ‼️October 19, 2025: Ma attended the 15th-anniversary gala of the Canada Fujian Friendship Association. 🚩This gathering featured the Fujian/Fuzhou regional network, including leadership from the Toronto Fuqing Business Association—a group whose Markham commercial property was investigated by the RCMP and identified by Safeguard Defenders as an undeclared Chinese "police service station." The UFW frequently relies on these regional proxy networks to monitor the diaspora. [1] ❗️March 14, 2026: Ma and his wife, Anna Ma, personally visited the new headquarters of the Canada Shenzhen Associations Federation (CCSA) in Markham. 🚩Intelligence experts identify such "hometown" and regional business associations as key nodes in the United Front network, frequently used to co-opt diaspora leaders, promote Beijing’s political narratives, and facilitate state-backed economic and technological transfers. [2] ❗️March 4, 2026: Ma formally received a delegation from the CCSA, led by Chair Qi Jia, in his Parliament Hill office to discuss "systematically promoting China's image." 🚩This type of direct parliamentary access aligns with United Front "people-to-people" diplomacy, utilising diaspora trade groups to lobby host-country officials, build political capital, and influence mainstream narratives on behalf of Beijing. [3] ❗️September 19, 2025: Ma attended the 9th-anniversary charity gala of the CCSA alongside PRC Consul General Luo Weidong and CCSA Chair Qi Jia. 🚩The United Front frequently utilizes high-profile charity and community galas hosted by diaspora associations to build political capital with local officials, project mainstream legitimacy, and align overseas elites with Beijing's strategic objectives under the guise of philanthropy. [4] ❗️September 6, 2025: Ma’s office sent a representative to the Mid-Autumn Festival hosted by the Confederation of Chinese Alumni Associations (CCAA) in Markham. 🚩The CCAA is a massive umbrella organization. Security experts note that such "alumni" federations are frequently used as proxy groups by United Front networks to mobilize diaspora populations, build social capital with Canadian officials, and marginalize dissenting voices. [5] ❗️June 20, 2025: Ma attended the grand opening gala of the Canadian Entrepreneurs Alliance (LEAC) in Markham, alongside various business elites and local politicians. 🚩High-profile diaspora commercial networks and business galas are frequently targeted by the United Front to cultivate "elite capture," build political capital with Canadian officials, and project mainstream legitimacy under the guise of commercial networking. [6] ❗️June 7, 2025: Ma attended the 42nd-anniversary gala of the Scarborough York Region Chinese Business Association (SYRCBA), an event where Chinese Consulate official Liu Linlin delivered a speech directing the group to promote Beijing's bilateral trade goals. 🚩Diaspora chambers of commerce are frequently utilized by the United Front and PRC consulates to align overseas business elites with Beijing's economic objectives and mobilize political support. [7] ❗️May 3, 2025: Ma attended the grand opening of the Canada Network & Resource Centre (CNRC) and its private networking clubhouse. 🚩The United Front frequently leverages high-end diaspora "networking centers" and private business clubs to facilitate "elite capture," seamlessly blending commercial interests with political influence-building in host countries. [8]
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Rushan Abbas retweetet
Floor-crossing Liberal MP Michael Ma just dismissed Uyghur forced labour testimony as “hearsay” in committee.
He asked the expert if she PERSONALLY witnessed slave labour in Xinjiang. 😖
She said no Westerner can get into Xinjiang because China would never allow it.
When CBC asked him afterward if he believes there is forced labour in China, he said “I believe there is forced labour around the world.”
Refused to say China.
Not once, BUT THREE TIMES.
Canada’s own Parliament voted to call this a GENOCIDE.
This is the MP who crossed the floor to the Liberals, was immediately flown to Beijing with Carney, and is a former director of an organization named as a CCP United Front group.
Carney’s office admitted this week that human rights were NOT raised with Xi during that trip.
Now one of his MPs is running defence for Beijing on slave labour in a Canadian committee room.
Who does Michael Ma work for?!
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Rushan Abbas retweetet
A Stanford student testified that she was targeted by a Chinese spy who was working for Ministry of State Security (MSS). They are recruiting social media influencers all over the world. Be aware, MSS is like KGB.
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Rushan Abbas retweetet
Why is a member of the Canadian Liberal Party
Defending Human Rights violations in China.
And with the mannerism of a 12 year old school argument?
Here are a few facts:
There is substantial and credible evidence of state-imposed forced labor in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), based on converging findings from the United Nations, multiple governments, independent researchers, supply-chain investigations, and leaked official Chinese documents.
ohchr.org
This evidence spans eyewitness testimonies, satellite imagery, government procurement records, corporate supply-chain audits, and internal policy documents. It is not limited to the large-scale internment camps that drew global attention in 2017–2020 (many of which were later scaled back or repurposed). Instead, it points to an ongoing system of "poverty alleviation through labor transfer" programs that coerce Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other minorities into factory, agricultural, and industrial work—often under surveillance, with quotas, restricted movement, and penalties (including re-detention) for refusal.
ohchr.org
Key Evidence from Authoritative Sources
United Nations (2022 OHCHR Assessment and 2026 expert statement): The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) found credible indications that labor schemes linked to "vocational education and training centers" (VETCs) and post-release placements involve coercion under the "menace of penalty." A January 2026 statement by multiple UN special rapporteurs and working groups described a "persistent pattern of alleged State-imposed forced labour" across provinces, tied to the labor-transfer program. Xinjiang's 2021–2025 five-year plan projected 13.75 million labor transfers, with actual numbers reportedly reaching new highs. In some cases, these may amount to "forcible transfer and/or enslavement as a crime against humanity."ohchr.org
U.S. Government and Department of Labor: The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (2021) was passed on the basis of credible evidence of systematic forced labor. As of 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has detained thousands of shipments worth billions of dollars suspected of using forced labor (textiles, auto parts, solar, etc.). The Department of Labor's List of Goods Produced by Forced Labor explicitly includes Xinjiang-sourced cotton, aluminum, and other products from Muslim minorities.dol.gov
Independent research (e.g., ASPI, Adrian Zenz, others): Reports document coercive transfers of tens to hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs since 2017, often from rural areas or former camps to factories in Xinjiang and other provinces. Factories supply global brands in apparel, electronics, autos, and critical minerals. Government documents show quotas, "pairing assistance" programs, and monitoring that eliminate genuine voluntariness. These practices continued and intensified through 2023–2025.aspistrategist.org.au
Journalistic and NGO investigations (2024–2025): Investigations by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, The New York Times, and others geolocated Uyghur and other minority workers in dozens of factories across China, linked to over 100 global brands via state recruitment. Supply chains for cotton (20% of global production from Xinjiang), solar polysilicon, aluminum, and minerals show clear links.thebureauinvestigates.com
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Rushan Abbas retweetet
Why is Ma's line of questioning logically untenable?
1）In international human rights and criminal investigations, no one has ever required that people must “see it with their own eyes” before believing in large-scale atrocities. e.g.
- Nazi concentration camps in WWII：there were mountains of evidence but nobody required “seen it with their own eyes”.
2) Forced labor or ethnic persecution in other authoritarian regimes has also been established through a combination of evidence (eyewitness accounts, documents, and imagery).
3) If we strictly apply Ma’s standard, then almost all criticism of authoritarian countries (including China’s own accusations against other nations) would have to be dismissed as “hearsay.” This is clearly unreasonable.
4) Ma himself said, “I believe there is forced labor everywhere in the world,” yet he deliberately avoided directly answering whether there is forced labor in Xinjiang. This has been widely interpreted as downplaying the specific issue rather than neutrally seeking the truth.
In short: he applies a strict standard to others, but does not apply the same standard to himself or to the CCP. This is not a pursuit of truth, but rather an attempt to create a plausible excuse for an environment where “it cannot be personally verified.”
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Rushan Abbas retweetet
Prime Minister @MarkJCarney was personally supportive of the anti-slavery charity I co-founded (@arisefdn). There is no way he supports this denialism.
He should distance himself. The integrity of his party is being brought into disrepute.
Harrison Faulkner@Harry__Faulkner
WATCH: Hong Kong-born Canadian MP Michael Ma tells a career civil servant that claims of forced labour in Xinjiang, China, are "hearsay" and blatantly defends the CCP. Ma: Have you witnessed forced labour in Xinjiang? Yes or no? Witness: I work closely with Human Rights Watch, where researchers did witness it.
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@M_Johnston1 I’m not surprised. Please see my comment below from my earlier post.
Rushan Abbas@RushanAbbas
I recognize this style, Sam @scoopercooper; it mirrors Chinese officials whitewashing the Uyghur genocide, specifically the tactics used by Victor Gao. When a Canadian MP uses his platform and Canadian parliament committee hearing to amplify Beijing’s propaganda, it is an offense to our democracy and a betrayal of global human rights. MP Ma’s aggressive comments are not just "questions", but they are a mirror of the CCP’s own denials and talking points in regards to the Uyghur atrocity and forced labor. He owes the Uyghur community a formal apology, starting with victims like my sister, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, whose lives are being traded for political talking points and the self-serving interests of people like Mr. Ma.
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Thank you so much for your strong stance and everything you did! You are right @M_Johnston1, and his actions appears to be a deliberate and calculated move, almost signaling approval to Beijing, while showing little concern for domestic backlash, suggesting confidence in future opportunities within China-linked corporate circles.
Margaret McCuaig-Johnston 🇨🇦@M_Johnston1
It seems that Michael Ma designed his rapid fire questions at me so they could be used by Chinese state media showing that he went up against a critic of the regime. That’s what Chinese state media is reporting. It failed spectacularly here, but state media won’t report that.
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This isn’t just an attack on a witness; it’s an attack on the truth. The Uyghur genocide is a fact recognized by Canada’s own Parliament. When a Canadian MP dismisses survivor testimony as "hearsay," @MPMichaelMa betrays the Uyghur people and surrenders Canadian sovereignty to foreign influence.
We demand you, MP Ma apologize to the Uyghur diaspora and to my sister, #DrGulshanAbbas, who is being held hostage as a victim of transnational repression for my advocacy as an Uyghur American. Human lives are not disposable, and referencing people in Shenzhen to deflect from your behavior yesterday is unacceptable. We demand accountability, not propaganda.
MPMichaelMa@MPMichaelMa
Today, during an exchange with a witness at the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology, I asked questions that inadvertently came across as dismissive of the serious issue of forced labour. To be clear, my line of questioning referred to auto manufacturing in Shenzhen, China, and not in Xinjiang. I regret this mistake and apologise to Ms. McCuaig-Johnston and my fellow committee members. I condemn forced labour, in all its forms. Canada has amongst the most rigorous forced-labour import laws in the world, and I am proud to support the government’s work to eradicate forced labour from supply chains and enforce Canada’s import prohibition.
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He also ignored a formal request for comment from my publisher, @opibooks, further underscoring a troubling willingness to use his platform, and the Canadian Parliament, to echo CCP’s talking points and narratives.
MP Ma crossed the floor from the Conservative Party to the Liberals in December 2025 and accompanied Prime Minister Mark Carney on his first official visit to China in January 2026. His dismissal of well-documented evidence of Uyghur forced labor during the committee hearing raises serious concerns about whether elements within the current Canadian government are aligned with efforts to downplay the Uyghur genocide and the realities of state-sponsored forced labor. Canadian government needs to address this.
Canada Proud@WeAreCanProud
Interesting. Michael Ma was very insistent on the witness answering his questions yesterday, but now he suddenly doesn't seem so keen about answering questions. 🤔
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I recognize this style, Sam @scoopercooper; it mirrors Chinese officials whitewashing the Uyghur genocide, specifically the tactics used by Victor Gao. When a Canadian MP uses his platform and Canadian parliament committee hearing to amplify Beijing’s propaganda, it is an offense to our democracy and a betrayal of global human rights. MP Ma’s aggressive comments are not just "questions", but they are a mirror of the CCP’s own denials and talking points in regards to the Uyghur atrocity and forced labor. He owes the Uyghur community a formal apology, starting with victims like my sister, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, whose lives are being traded for political talking points and the self-serving interests of people like Mr. Ma.
Sam Cooper@scoopercooper
This is wild, look at the disrespectful way this floor crosser questioned a Canadian expert. What is happening to Canada really?
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CFU is alarmed by Canadian @MPMichaelMa's dismissal of Uyghur forced labor evidence as "hearsay" during a parliamentary committee hearing. When Margaret McCuaig-Johnston (@M_Johnston1), a China expert, testified that Canada has blocked only two forced-labor shipments, compared to thousands under the U.S. UFLPA, Ma responded that he only believes what he can see with his own eyes.
By that logic, every dictatorship could erase its crimes simply by hiding them well enough. Canada has recognized the Uyghur genocide. Its parliament must not retreat from that recognition now.
Read our full PR here: campaignforuyghurs.org/cfu-condemns-c…
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怀疑并非中立：为何迈克尔·马(马荣铮)的提问误导维吾尔强迫劳动之真相
当Michael Ma质疑有关维吾尔强迫劳动的报告是否只是“传闻”时，他将自己的发言包装为一种合理的证据审查。尽管他随后也澄清称，自己只是“提出问题”，并非否认相关侵权行为的真实存在。
然而，在当今如山铁证支撑下的维吾尔人权危机背景下，这种误导性的论述并非中立的怀疑，而是对“证据如何成立”以及“压制如何运作”的一种有意的误导，是Michael Ma混淆是非的试图。
“目击者标准”的误导
Michael Ma的论点核心在于一个隐含前提：如果我、或者你没有亲眼所见，关于强迫劳动的指控就不能成立。这个标准听起来直观，但在方法论上却是站不住脚的。
在像维吾尔‘自治区’这样高度封闭的地区，事实已证明，外界独立观察几乎不可能实现。调查人员的进入受到严格限制，即便获准访问，也往往是在被精心安排、时刻有人跟随监督的条件下进行。
在这种情况下，坚持“必须有第一手目击”才能认定事实，无异于提出一个注定无法满足的标准，并据此制造怀疑。
现实中的人权调查依赖的是多源证据的交叉验证：卫星影像、泄露的官方文件、供应链追踪，以及大量相互印证的当事人证词。这并非“传闻”，而是国际通行的证据体系。
证据的汇聚与共识
围绕维吾尔‘自治区’强迫劳动问题形成的结论，并非零散或孤立。
2022年，联合国人权高级专员署发布报告指出，当地严重的人权侵犯行为可能构成“反人类罪”。北美与欧洲多国政府亦作出类似判断。在美国《维吾尔强迫劳动防止法案（Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act）》甚至确立了一项反向推定原则：凡来自该地区的商品，被默认是涉及强迫劳动，除非能够证明其清白。
这些并非政治修辞，而是基于累积证据所作出的政策性结论。
供应链中的现实证据
最具说服力的证据之一，并不只来自证词，而来自全球经济结构本身。
维吾尔‘自治区’是全球重要的棉花与制造业基地。多项调查显示，中国政府主导的“劳动力转移”项目将维吾尔人输送至与国际供应链相连的工厂体系之中。这意味着，相关问题并非个案，而是具有系统性，其影响通过商品流通进入全球市场。
这不只是抽象的人权议题，而是一个可以被追踪、被验证的经济现实。
加拿大自身的立场
加拿大在这一问题上并非没有明确表态。其议会机构及官方的报告早已明确确认，包括维吾尔强迫劳动在内的多种压制性政策正在发生，加拿大议会甚至确认中国对维吾尔人之迫害已构成种族灭绝罪。
因此，一位加拿大议员在公开场合质疑相关证据是否存在，不仅仅是“提出问题”，也在事实上与加拿大既有立场产生矛盾，更是对其宣誓加入的加拿大价值观的变相否定。
“只是提问”的限度
在政治话语中，“我只是提出问题”常常被用作一种防御性表达，既保留怀疑姿态，又避免承担明确立场的责任。
但当这种误导性“提问”反复强化对既有证据的怀疑，却不正面回应这些证据本身时，它的效果并非促进理解，而是削弱理解，并混淆是非。
在信息被严格控制的环境下，公共人物的责任不只是提出问题，更在于认真对待已经存在的证据体系。
误置怀疑的代价
怀疑精神是民主社会的重要组成部分，但前提是这种怀疑必须建立在理性、比例与事实之上。
当怀疑滑向对多源、交叉验证证据的轻率否定，它就不再是问责工具，而可能成为模糊事实的手段。
维吾尔强迫劳动问题的成立，并不依赖单一证人或单一报告，而是源于多种证据的汇聚与相互印证。
将这种汇聚轻描淡写为“传闻”，并不是更高标准的求证，而是对现代证据逻辑的否认。
我不想无端指责马荣铮先生是中国政府在加拿大的代理人，但其变相为中国政府的维吾尔强迫劳动辩护之行为，不得不令人怀疑他是否是一个“身在曹营心在汉”的两面人！
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Rushan Abbas retweetet
Rushan Abbas will be in Ottawa (April 22/23) to explain to MP Michael Ma the past and current situation in China as it relates to forced labour and the genocide against the Uyghur peoples. We have offered him and liberal caucus members a briefing.
For colour and context we will address Tibetan’s and Mongolian cultural genocide and the arrests and detention of Hong Kong democracy defenders and press the Jimmy Lai case.
@RushanAbbas @neftimiades @scoopercooper @Harry__Faulkner @CanadaTibet @thecfhk #freejimmylai #freegulshan @DalaiLama
Jon Fraser@JonFraserTF
@sunlorrie He's full of shit. He got his wrist slapped by the PMO mandarins and now he's in damage control mode.
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I am deeply alarmed by Liberal MP Michael Ma’s suggestion that crimes are only real if personally witnessed; such logic allows any dictatorship to erase its atrocities through secrecy. The Uyghur genocide is documented by survivors, supply chain investigations, and UN experts, who recently warned that these conditions may amount to enslavement. My own sister, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, has been imprisoned for nearly eight years in retaliation for my advocacy, a clear act of transnational repression. This is a global moral and security threat, not a partisan issue, affecting Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Hong Kongers alike. I will be in Ottawa on April 22–23 and welcome a direct briefing with MP Ma to present the irrefutable evidence of these state-sanctioned crimes.
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Rushan Abbas retweetet
Wow! This is a must watch.
Ottawa Senior Fellow Margaret McCuaig-Johnston the one that Michael Ma was asking if she had seen forced labor in China gives us more information than we’ve ever heard on trade with China & global affairs Canada.
The US has opened a section 301 investigation of Canada because they don’t believe we’re sufficiently rigorous on our forced labor implementation. Meaning we do trade with China even though they know forced labor may have been used on incoming shipments.
This is an epic scandal.
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Rushan Abbas retweetet
Some members of the Senate and the House of Commons are engaging in a dangerous form of narrow ethno-nationalism—one that is increasingly reflected in their parliamentary conduct.
They conflate personal or cultural affinity with uncritical alignment to the political ideology of their countries of origin, even when those ideologies stand in direct contradiction to Canada’s democratic values. This blindfolded loyalty is often expressed through blanket denial of the ongoing Uyghur genocide, crimes against humanity, Uyghur forced labour, and transnational repression still being committed by the government of the People’s Republic of China
These are not casual or disputed claims. They are serious legal determinations, grounded in evidence and recognized in official reports by the United Nations, national governments, parliamentary bodies, and credible research institutions as well as china’s internal documents and china’s own Nankai report
Such denialism is dangerous. It undermines the integrity of our democratic institutions, weakens our commitment to human rights, and distorts public discourse.
This form of ethno-nationalism has no place in our society. If left unchallenged, it risks opening the door to deeper divisions and future chaos. Canada must remain anchored in truth, accountability, and the universal values that define a just and democratic society.
I strongly condemn those irresponsible conduct and act of denialism expressed by members of our legislative branches
@liberal_party @MarkJCarney @PierrePoilievre
@yfblanchet
@SenateCA
@HoCSpeaker
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Rushan Abbas retweetet
Our U.S. universities are under siege from foreign espionage and national security threats that faculty and staff are turning a blind eye to.
Look no further than the University of Michigan where Chinese nationals connected to the school attempted to smuggle biological materials into the U.S.—or Stanford where a student just told me her university ignored Chinese espionage targeting her directly.
This should NEVER be happening on our kids’ college campuses. These are national security threats that demand accountability.
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