Michael Kovrig And Michael Spavor

• Here are the key events leading to the release of Meng Wanzhou, ‘Two Michaels’

  Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were detained in China just days after Canadian police arrested Meng at the behest of a U.S. extradition request in December of 2018.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2021
  
• Michael Spavor’s trial ends without verdict, Canadian officials barred from attending

  Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, two Canadians detained in China for over two years, are beginning trials in a court system that boasts a 99 per cent conviction rate.

  Canada

  Mar 18, 2021
  
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• Ottawa must reset foreign policy with all eyes on China after ‘disastrous’ week: experts

  UN Security Council defeat combined with Chinese charges for detained Canadians marks a major blow.

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2020
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• Roy Green: Trudeau must act more than ‘disappointed’ over China’s charges against Two Michaels

  Roy Green is shocked that the most forceful message Justin Trudeau had about the Two Michaels case on Friday was that he was 'disappointed.'

  Commentary

  Jun 19, 2020
• China jailed the ‘two Michaels’ because it regards Canada as a ‘pushover’

  China will likely convict the two Michaels, then keep them in prison until some kind of deal can be arranged, Matthew Fisher says.

  Commentary

  Jun 19, 2020
• Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have been in a Chinese jail for one year

  Despite the continued detention of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, Ottawa remains hell-bent on a 'China First' policy, Matthew Fisher says.

  Commentary

  Dec 8, 2019
• ‘Western egotism and white supremacy’: Chinese ambassador pens op-ed on Canadian detainees

  Ambassador Lu Shaye's accusation in an op-ed in the Hill Times Wednesday indicates the raw nerve that the Trudeau government has touched in China in recruiting key allies to pressure China to release Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

  Canada

  Jan 9, 2019