Michael Kovrig

• ‘They are in no hurry’: Beijing plays the long game as Canadians languish in China’s prisons

  The case of the two Michaels has garnered international attention, but another Canadian you may have never heard has been imprisoned in China for nearly 16 years.

  Features

  May 8
• China’s treatment of Uyghur minority is ‘totally unacceptable,’ Garneau says

  Asked why it took so long to impose the sanctions on China, Garneau said the federal government has been 'working with like-minded democratic countries on a coordinated response.'

  Canada

  Mar 28
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• What’s it like to be jailed and tried in China? Ask those who’ve been through it

  The ordeal of Kevin and Julia Garrett is eerily similar to that of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, two Canadians arrested in China and recently tried on spying charges.

  Commentary

  Mar 25
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• United States calls on China to ‘immediately release’ 2 detained Canadians

  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued the statement on Twitter as two detained Canadians await a verdict from China's judicial system.

  Canada

  Mar 23
• Trudeau says no link between trials of detained Canadians, fresh sanctions on China

  The two Canadians detained in China are now awaiting the respective verdicts following trials in which Canadian officials, the public and the media were barred from attending.

  Canada

  Mar 22
• Canadian officials not granted permission to attend Michael Kovrig’s trial in China

  Kovrig's trial is set to begin on Monday.

  Canada

  Mar 21
• Two Michaels face ‘excruciating’ wait for Chinese verdict, says former detained Canadian

  Kevin Garratt and his wife Julia were detained in China in 2014 in a case with several parallels to the detentions of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

  Canada

  Mar 21
• ‘Tough and direct’: U.S. says as talks with China wrap up in Alaska

  The United States has accused China of "grandstanding" for its domestic audience, and both sides suggested the other had broken diplomatic protocol.

  Politics

  Mar 19
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• Treatment of the Two Michaels reveals Canada’s lack of leverage in Beijing

  Canada’s naïveté toward China has left us impotent and rudderless in the face of Beijing’s aggression, says Charles Burton, a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

  Commentary

  Mar 19
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• Lack of transparency around trials for 2 Michaels is ‘unacceptable,’ Trudeau says

  Canada has been outspoken as the cases of two detained Canadians move through the Chinese judicial system, which has a 99 per cent conviction rate.

  Canada

  Mar 19