Meng Wanzhou’s lawyer returned to court on Wednesday to fight the extradition case of Huawei Technologies’ chief financial officer. The final round of hearings for Meng’s extradition case began in the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver. Defence lawyer Mona Duckett told the court that the United States “misused” the extradition process and accused the United…
Meng Wanzhou’s Lawyer Returns to Court to Fight Extradition of Huawei CFO
Canada Spent Nearly $6 Million on Chinese Contracts Since Arrest of ‘2 Michaels’
Canada has awarded nearly $6 million in contracts to China-based firms since Beijing’s arbitrary detention of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, according to Conservative MP John Williamson. First reported by Blacklock’s, Williamson, through an inquiry on March 10, received reports showing that federal departments and agencies issued $5.8 million in contracts to firms based…
US Secretary of State Calls on China to Release Kovrig, Spavor
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has joined in the call for the release of the two Canadians who have been arbitrarily detained in China since 2018. “We join our partners in calling on Beijing to immediately release the two arbitrarily detained Canadians, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig,” Blinken wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. “Human…
Conservatives Call on Liberals to Stop Payments to Chinese Infrastructure Bank
March 24, 2021
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OTTAWA—The Conservatives are calling on the Liberal government to stop making payments to the Asian Infrastructure Bank in light of the ongoing detention and lack of transparency around the trials of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor in China. The party’s foreign-affairs critic Michael Chong says it’s unacceptable that Canada would send about US$40 million to…
China’s Denial of Canadian Consular Access to Kovrig, Spavor Trials Violates Consular Agreement, Expert Says
China has closed the trial of the second arbitrarily detained Canadian, while once again denying consular access to the hearing, a move which an expert says is a violation of consular agreement. Michael Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat, faced a closed-door trial on Monday on charges of “spying into state secrets and intelligence” for foreign…
Michael Kovrig Goes on Trial in China on Spying Charges
BEIJING—The second of Canada’s “two Michaels” went on trial in Beijing on Monday after being detained for more than two years in apparent retaliation for the arrest in Vancouver of a top executive of Chinese telecom giant Huawei. The trial of former diplomat Michael Kovrig on spying charges follows an initial hearing in the case…
Michael Spavor Tried in Chinese Court, No Verdict Announced
Michael Spavor, one of the two Canadians who have been arbitrarily detained for over two years in China, was tried in court Friday but no verdict was announced. In a statement posted on its website, the Intermediate People’s Court of Dandong in Liaoning Province said a closed-door hearing was held for Spavor on March 19 on charges…
Secret Trials in China for Spavor and Kovrig Are ‘Disappointing,’ Trudeau Says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the trials being held “without transparency” for the two Canadians who have been detained in China for two years are “disappointing.” Michael Spavor was tried in court Friday but no verdict was announced. Michael Kovrig’s trial is scheduled for Monday. “It is disappointing that the trial that Michael Spavor went through…
Spavor Tried on Spy Charges in China, but No Verdict Announced
DANDONG, China—China put on trial one of two Canadians detained for more than two years in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a senior Chinese telecom executive. Canada said its consular officials were refused permission to attend the proceedings against Michael Spavor, an entrepreneur with North Korea−related business, who is accused by China of stealing…
Canadian Tried on Spy Charges in China, but No Verdict Announced
DANDONG, China—China put on trial one of two Canadians detained for more than two years in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a senior Chinese telecom executive. Canada said its consular officials were refused permission to attend the proceedings against Michael Spavor, an entrepreneur with North Korea−related business, who is accused by China of stealing…
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