Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have landed in Canada following their release from imprisonment in China Footage from CTV shows the two being greeted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the morning of Sept. 25 after landing in Calgary. The two Canadians, who were held captive in China since Dec. 10, 2018, were released once…
Canada’s ‘Two Michaels’ Land in Canada After Nearly 3 Years of Captivity in China
‘Two Michaels’ Back in Canada After Nearly 3 Years of Captivity in China
Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have arrived in Canada following their release from imprisonment in China Footage from CTV shows the two being greeted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the morning of Sept. 25 after landing in Calgary. The two Canadians, who were held captive in China since Dec. 10, 2018, were released once…
Canadians Kovrig & Spavor Coming Back to Canada Following Meng’s Release
Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are on their way back to Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a news conference on the evening of Sept. 24. Trudeau said the two Canadians, who have been imprisoned in China since December 2018, are on a plane with Canadian ambassador Dominic Barton, and will arrive on…
Canadians Held in China Coming Home Following Huawei CFO’s Release
Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are on their way back to Canada, the country’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a news conference on the evening of Sept. 24. Trudeau said the two men, who have been imprisoned in China since December 2018, boarded a plane with Canada’s ambassador Dominic Barton enroute to Canada…
Meng Freed After Canadian Court Drops Extradition Case; Kovrig & Spavor Detention Not Addressed
A Canadian court has dropped U.S. extradition proceedings against Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, lifting her bail conditions and allowing her freedom. The decision comes hours after Meng reached a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Justice Department in a U.S. federal court in Brooklyn. Attending the U.S. court virtually from Vancouver, Meng pleaded…
Meng Freed After Canadian Court Drops Extradition Case
A Canadian court has dropped U.S. extradition proceedings against Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, lifting her bail conditions and allowing her freedom. The decision comes hours after Meng reached a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Justice Department in a U.S. federal court in Brooklyn. Attending the U.S. court virtually from Vancouver, Meng pleaded…
Harsh Sentencing of Canadians a Result of Years of Ottawa’s ‘Wrong Direction’ on China, Dissident Says
This week’s death sentence for Robert Schellenberg and the 11-year jail sentence for Michael Spavor is the price Canada and the world are paying for years of misdirection in their relationship with communist China, failing to stand up to the regime and its control tactics, says activist and author Sheng Xue. “This is not a…
Canadian Judge Denies New Evidence in Meng Extradition Case
VANCOUVER—A British Columbia Supreme Court judge will not allow new evidence to be admitted in the United States extradition case of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou. Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes said on July 9 that the application by Meng’s lawyers to use the documents obtained from HSBC through a Hong Kong court is…
Judge Rejects Additional Evidence From Meng’s Lawyers for Extradition Case
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has rejected a bid by Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to admit additional sworn testimonies from employees of the telecom giant as evidence in her extradition case. Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes says in a ruling released Friday that the proposed evidence has no purpose in an extradition hearing, which…
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