China has detained a former Canadian diplomat, according to the international think tank he works for.

President Joe Biden said the United States will work with Canada to help secure the release of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who are currently detained in China.

Bérubé confirmed that eight of the 13 detained Canadians have been released. 

Thirteen Canadians who work with an Alberta-based humanitarian organization are among 15 people detained in Ethiopia, the charity said Saturday.

The readout says the prime minister also thanked Trump for America’s "ongoing support" in the effort to free Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, two Canadian citizens who have been detained in China since December 2018.

BEIJING—China's foreign ministry said on Dec. 20 that a Canadian woman is undergoing "administrative punishment" for working illegally, after Canada's government said a third Canadian had been detained in China.

A Canadian charter airline says some of its pilots and crew are among the nine Canadians detained in the Dominican Republic after reporting 200 kilograms of cocaine found stashed away on board to local police.

Falun Dafa Association of Canada president Li Xun speaks during a rally outside the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa on June 26, 2017, calling for the release of Canadian citizen Sun Qian who is currently detained in China for practicing Falun Gong.

Among the Canadian citizens currently detained in China are Sun Qian, founder of a billion-dollar company who was detained for her faith in Falun Dafa, a spiritual meditation practice persecuted by the Chinese regime; Huseyin Celil, an Uyghur dissident

BEIJING—A third Canadian has been detained in China but the incident does not appear to be linked to the detention of two other citizens over the last week, a Canadian government official in Ottawa said on Wednesday.

Millions have been arrested, detained, and tortured. Sun traveled regularly between Vancouver and Beijing for work.

“Sun Qian is a Canadian citizen and travelled to China with a Canadian passport.

MONTREAL—A Canadian geologist who spent six years in and out of jail in Dubai after allegedly uncovering fraud in a gold company was released last week and is home in Quebec City.

Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat who now works as an adviser to the International Crisis Group, and entrepreneur Michael Spavor have been detained in China for over a month for allegedly endangering national security.

Meng, 47, has access to top lawyers, moves around relatively freely in Vancouver, albeit with restrictions, and her comments drew immediate comparison between her life in house arrest versus the two Canadians detained in solitary confinement in China

Both Canadians were separately detained in China on Dec. 10, 2018. Canadian consular officials in China have been able to visit Kovrig and Spavor seven times each, the most recent visits taking place earlier this week. 

Canada now has to deal with a second national detained in China on the heels of Meng’s arrest, which could escalate the diplomatic malaise. On Dec. 10, former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig was the first to be detained in China.

While the Chinese regime has not specified when or why Kovrig was detained, Canadian officials say that he was detained on Dec. 10. 

President Donald Trump to raise the issue of two detained Canadians during a one-on-one meeting with China's president Xi Jinping.

TORONTO—Canada's border authorities detained more Mexicans in the first 67 days of 2017 than they did annually in any of the three previous years, according to statistics obtained by Reuters.

The Canadian government has confirmed that more Canadian citizens have been detained in China since a Huawei executive was arrested in Canada last month.

Sarah McIver, the third Canadian detained in China in this month, had been teaching there for months without any problems.

OTTAWA—Conservative MP Scott Reid is hoping Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will raise the issue of a Canadian citizen detained in China during the APEC summit, following a “tradition” where Reid made a similar request when then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien

Canada Responds Global Affairs Canada (GAC) said it is aware of a Canadian national detained in Belgium and is ready to assist as needed.

Starting June 25 and continuing for the next few days, rallies appealing for the rescue of a Canadian citizen detained in China are being held in several cities across the country.

Canada’s ambassador to China has visited two Canadians who have been detained for nearly two years in apparent retaliation for the arrest Huawei Technologies CFO Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. extradition warrant.

Sun Qian, a Canadian citizen detained in China, has been held in handcuffs and leg shackles continuously, day and night, since May 5, her sister says.

With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set to travel to China on Dec. 3, family and friends of Canadians currently detained in China are asking him to request their release during his visit.

The Department of Justice said that at that time, David Lametti will also decide whether Nygard's surrender should await the outcome of the Canadian charges.

The trial of Canadian citizen Sun Qian, who has been detained in China since last February because she practises Falun Gong, took place in Beijing on Sept. 12 but ended with no ruling by the judge.