Schellenberg, a Canadian citizen who has been detained in China since 2014, had his appeal struck down in a Chinese court on Aug. 10. He was sentenced to death in 2018 over a drug case.

"Canada should not be sending its athletes to compete there while a genocide is being committed against Uyghurs, and two Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, remained detained."

A Conservative party press release said that means people accused of intimate partner violence could be detained for a risk assessment "at any time."

The two Canadians were detained in China on Dec. 10, 2018, just days after Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who is wanted by the United States on charges of fraud.

Following her arrest, Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were arbitrarily detained in Chinese prisons for over 1,000 days in what is widely viewed as retaliation by Beijing.

The Canadians have been arbitrarily detained in China since December 2018, coinciding with U.S. efforts to extradite Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of China’s tech giant Huawei.

Nygard remains detained in Toronto and did not appear during the brief hearing before a judge at the Montreal courthouse.

The two were detained for over a thousand days in relation to the Meng Wanzhou affair, a Huawei executive arrested in Canada over a U.S. extradition warrant for fraud.

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It was "completely inappropriate and in fact wrong," he said, especially given that Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor had been arbitrarily detained by Chinese authorities just months earlier, in December 2018. After a protest led by Mr.

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China also escalated the sentence of Canadian citizen Robert Schellenberg, who had been arrested on drug charges, to the death sentence, and blocked several types of Canadian exports into China.

Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were first detained by the regime not long after Meng’s arrest, prompting observers to describe them as victims of a high-stakes game of “hostage diplomacy.”

Within hours of Meng’s release, Beijing freed two Canadians who had been detained in China on national security charges shortly after Meng’s arrest in Canada.

In December 2018, shortly after Canada arrested Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou at the request of U.S. prosecutors, two Canadians were detained in China on spying charges.

Commentary The differences between the treatment of a Canadian citizen detained in China and a Chinese citizen arrested in Canada couldn’t be starker.

Two Canadian nationals, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, were arrested in China days later in an apparent act of retaliation.

Shortly after the arrest, Beijing detained Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat, and Michael Spavor, a businessman, and later charged them with espionage. China has also blocked imports of Canadian canola seed and meat.

According to a statement, Garneau had expressed Canada’s appreciation for the UK’s support for the two Canadians citizens—Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor—who have been arbitrarily detained by Chinese authorities for more than two years.

IranWire, another website focusing on the country founded by Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari who once was detained by Iran, suggested that Rekabi could immediately be taken to Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, where dissidents are held.

The two men were detained on espionage charges just days after Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou over a U.S. extradition warrant for fraud.

The Canadian Press has not independently verified the allegations against Dong, who has not yet filed a statement of claim in court.

The Canadian Kovrig was working for the International Crisis Group out of Hong Kong when he, along with fellow Canadian national Michael Spavor, were taken into custody in China in December 2018.

Last month, the regime formally charged two Canadians with spying, more than 18 months after the men were initially detained.

Ottawa says Canadians found to be upsetting social order will be subject to questioning. “Chinese authorities may detain you for up to 6 months before you are formally arrested,” reads the advisory.

The CCP has detained more than 1 million Uyghur and other Muslim minorities across a network of internment camps in the far western region of Xinjiang.

The Canadian Consulate in Hong Kong and Macau confirmed that it had received the notice. The Canadian Consulate stated that "this will prevent consular officials from providing assistance to Canadians with dual citizenship."

Her predecessor, Dominic Barton, left the position last December, a few months after Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were released from having been arbitrarily detained by Beijing for over 1,000 days.

Thiessen’s legal counsel put forward a motion to exclude evidence obtained in what they argued was a violation of Section 10(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

In January, Thai immigration officials asked the detained men to sign voluntary deportation papers, but they refused. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the U.K.