Marcus Kolga
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| Marcus Kolga | |
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| Born | Marcus Adrian Kolga August 6, 1973 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 🏫 Education | University of Illinois (BA) |
| 💼 Occupation | Journalist |
Marcus Kolga is a Canadian human rights advocate.[1], journalist[2] and documentary filmmaker[3]. He is a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Centre for Advancing Canadian Interests Abroad[4] and the CDA Institute[5]. He is the founder and director of DisinfoWatch.org, a platform dedicated to monitoring and analyzing foreign disinformation targeting Canada and its allies.[6] He is a frequent commentator on foreign interference, Russia[7] and Central and Eastern European issues in Canadian national media.
Kolga led the civil society campaign for Canadian Magnitsky legislation.[8] The legislation is named in honour of Russian whistle blower, Sergei Magnitsky, and places visa bans and asset freezes on international officials who abuse human rights, and passed unanimously on October 18, 2017[9]
In 2020 The Estonian Interior Ministry announced that Kolga would receive an award for his leadership as a founder of the Global Estonian movement but refused to accept the award[10], citing conflicting principles[11] with then Minister, Mart Helme, of the populist Conservative People's Party of Estonia.
In 2015, Kolga was awarded the Estonian Order of the White Star[12] by President Toomas Hendrik Ilves.
Kolga was named a recipient of the 2017 Magitsky Human Rights award.[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ "TOWARDS A UK MAGNITSKY LAW? LESSONS FROM CANADA AND ELSEWHERE". Henry Jackson Society. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ↑ "Marcus Kolga's Journalist Portfolio | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ↑ "Marcus Kolga". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ↑ "Marcus Kolga". Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ↑ "Fellows | CDA Institute". cdainstitute.ca. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ↑ "About". DisinfoWatch. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ↑ Marcus, Kolga (May 26, 2021). "Winter is coming to Canada's North. Vladimir Putin will make sure of it". Macleans Magazine.
- ↑ "Debates (Hansard) No. 193 - June 13, 2017 (42-1) - House of Commons of Canada". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ↑ Branch, Legislative Services (2021-06-29). "Consolidated federal laws of canada, Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law)". laws.justice.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ↑ "Eestlaste Kesknõukogu Kanadas (EKN) avaldus Marcus Kolga otsusele loobuda EV siseministeeriumi hõbeteenetemärgist". eestielu.com. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ↑ "Siseministeeriumi teenetemärgist keeldunud Marcus Kolga: tahame nii väga uhked eestlased olla, aga ei saa". Eesti Päevaleht. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ↑ "president.ee". president.ee. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ↑ "Magnitsky Awards 2017 | The Magnitsky Human Rights Awards". 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
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