Kovrig and Michael Spavor (last month, the two men were allowed to return to their homeland).

Canadians Michael Spavor (L) and Michael Kovrig were detained in China shortly after Canada arrested Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver, Canada, in December 2018.

Canada has been increasingly affected by Beijing’s strong-arm tactics, with restrictions placed on some Canadian agricultural goods and the detention of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig after Canada arrested Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in December

(Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images) China also detained former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor weeks after Meng's arrest, accusing them of vague national security crimes.

Shortly after Meng's arrest, Beijing arbitrarily detained Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, sentenced Canadian citizen Robert Schellenberg to death on drug charges, and blocked the import of Canadian agricultural products.

Two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, were detained in China in the same month shortly after Meng's arrest. Kovrig is a former Canadian diplomat and Spavor is a businessman.

Soon after, China arbitrarily arrested Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig and charged them with spying. Spavor is imprisoned in Dandong near the Chinese border with North Korea, and Korvig in Beijing.

Trudeau said the government is working to obtain the release of businessman Michael Spavor and former diplomat Michael Kovrig, who were detained in China in December shortly after Meng was arrested at the Vancouver airport to face possible extradition

Author of “Kafka in China: The People’s Republic of Corruption,” Rothman pointed to recent examples—Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor—to explain how China always has “an ulterior reason” for not letting foreigners leave, even though they might

In apparent retaliation, China detained former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor. China has also placed restrictions on various Canadian exports to China, including canola oilseed.

Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were charged with spying in June. "Canada continues to call for immediate consular access to Mr. Kovrig and Mr. Spavor.

Deif's New York-based boss Kenneth Roth helped launch the declaration, blasting China for its arbitrary detention of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

Turnisa Matsedik-Qira, of the Vancouver Uyghur Association, demonstrates against China's treatment of Uyghurs while holding a photo of detained Canadians Michael Spavor (L) and Michael Kovrig outside a court appearance for Huawei Chief Financial Officer

He said his government's focus is on getting detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor home safely from China and ensuring their rights are respected and recalling McCallum wouldn't achieve that.

He urged Prime Minister Justin to reimpose sanctions on those in China responsible for violating human rights and international treaties in its mistreatment of Canadian citizens, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, as well as ongoing abuses against Uyghurs

Additionally, she accused the CCP of posing a huge threat to global democracy for its ubiquitous infiltration, manipulation, and hostage-diplomacy: Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have been placed under arbitrary detention for 30 months

Two well-known victims are Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, two Canadians who have been arbitrarily detained in China since December 2018.

His remarks come on day 408 of detention for Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig—imprisoned by China in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou—and the same week that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rejected a potential

The move is also politically sensitive for Canada because it is in its own dispute with China over what it calls the "arbitrary" imprisonment of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

Canadians Michael Spavor (L) and Michael Kovrig have been detained in China since shortly after Canada arrested Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver in December 2018.

In his open letter, Mulroney points to the national security law, China’s detention of Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, and Beijing’s suppression of information relating to the virus outbreak and influence within the World Health Organization

Days after her arrest, Chinese authorities detained two Canadians—former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor—on spying charges, in a move widely seen as retaliation.

More than half of Canadians think Canada should take a more aggressive approach in trying to get Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor released from detention in China, a new poll finds.

-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was expected, the talks included the Chinese regime's imprisonment of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

China followed its threat of dire consequences should Canada fail to release Meng by detaining Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor on Dec. 10, 2018.

The results of the poll of 1,000 Canadians were released on June 19, the same day that China formally charged Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor with spying, in a move that is widely viewed as politically motivated.

"We strongly condemn the arbitrary arrest of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor," Freeland said before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons on May 28. "The government of Canada continues to call for their immediate release."

Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor remain jailed in China, and last week a fourth Canadian was given the death penalty on drug charges in that country since Canada detained Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in 2018.

Turnisa Matsedik-Qira, of the Vancouver Uyghur Association, demonstrates against China's treatment of Uyghurs while holding a photo of detained Canadians Michael Spavor (L) and Michael Kovrig outside a court appearance for Huawei Chief Financial Officer

Canadians Michael Spavor (L) and Michael Kovrig have been detained in China since shortly after Canada arrested Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver in December 2018.