Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who were arbitrarily detained in China for over three years, received a standing ovation in the House of Commons ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s address on March 24.
The two Canadians, who became known as the “two Michaels,” were imprisoned from late 2018 until the fall of 2021. Their incarceration was regarded as the Chinese Communist Party’s retaliation for Ottawa’s arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. warrant to have her extradited on fraud charges.
The men were released shortly after Meng reached a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Justice Department on Sept. 24, 2021. A Canadian court lifted her bail conditions on the same day, allowing her to leave Canada….