The president of the International Crisis Group and the United Nations ambassadors for Germany and Britain brought up Kovrig's case at a U.N. Security Council meeting.

Conservative MP Michael Chong said this past week's virtual consular visits to Micahel Kovrig and Michael Spavor should have happened much sooner

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe Champagne urged Beijing to release the two Canadians during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Rome on Tuesday.

Almost two dozen Canadians detained in foreign countries have told government officials in recent years they were being tortured.

Trudeau outlined how Canada has asked the Trump administration to use ongoing trade talks with China as leverage in securing the release of the two Canadians.

Inputting the flags of many countries yielded non-sequitors in translation but one example that caused much discussion on Twitter was autotranslating the emoji for Canada's flag

Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are collateral damage in a diplomatic shootout between China and the United States — and that's not Canada's fight, Bill Kelly says.

The cases of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have been transferred to prosecutors for "review and prosecution in accordance with the law.''

China accused Canada of not abiding by international norms Friday in response to comments from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who accused Beijing of arbitrarily detaining two Canadians.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says China uses arbitrary detentions as a tool to achieve its international and domestic political goals.