They said they will forward to the Canadian Embassy in Beijing,” Lu said. Chen is the subject of an Amnesty International urgent action.

Michael Kovrig, who at one time served as a Canadian diplomat and helped with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s official trip to Hong Kong in 2016, was recently detained by Chinese authorities.

Now his job is to represent Canadian interests in China.

The three Al-Jazeera staff — Canadian national Mohammed Fahmy who was the TV channel's Cairo acting bureau chief, Australian journalist Peter Greste and Egyptian producer Baher Mohammed — were detained in December 2013 while working for the Doha-based

She died in custody after they detained her for allegedly not complying with the regime’s strict hijab rules. Her family members and protesters suspect that Amini was hit on the head by police officers, which led to her death.

She was detained by Medicine Hat police, charged with violating bail conditions, and transported by Ottawa police back to Ottawa.

The moment Meng was detained in 2018, securing her release had become one of the top priorities of China’s entire diplomatic establishment.

Global Affairs expressed concern about the human rights abuses against Tibetans as well as ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region, where it said over one million people have been "arbitrarily detained" since 2017.

Postal Service stated that a parcel was "temporarily detained" because of an "invalid zip code." The message invites receivers to clear the package by clicking on a link.

"He has been detained for some years and has been a victim. Canadian diplomats have made interventions on his behalf in the past," said Kent. Unfortunately, even those interventions didn't guarantee Li Xiaobo a free trial.

The two had been detained by Beijing after Canada had actioned an extradition warrant request from the U.S. against Huawei executive Meng Wangzhou.

With files from The Canadian Press

They include 306 arrest warrants for people deemed a danger to the Canadian public.

“On each occasion, Mr Yemini was wrongfully arrested and detained by members of Victoria Police whilst reporting for Rebel News,” the statement said.

OTTAWA—Global Affairs Canada says consular officials in China visited detained former diplomat Michael Kovrig on March 25.

(Carlos Landaeta/AFP via Getty Images) Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly expressed solidarity with the Venezuelan people in an August statement, calling for the release of those arbitrarily detained.

A van pulls up and they were detained, assaulted, and later released without charge. They all have terrible stories," Prudhoe said. In January 2021 a TCI appeal court ruled the Sri Lankans had been unlawfully detained for an extended period.

A man who claimed to be from Sudan runs for the border holding his family's passports as he is chased by a U.S. border patrol officer as he was detained after his family crossed the U.S.

The Canadian Press contributed to this report.

Activists and U.N. rights experts say at least a million Uyghurs have been detained in camps in Xinjiang.

The Canadian Press contributed to this report.

However, she did so while detained and without being free. Legally, it shouldn’t be valid because it is not an expression of her free will,” Xie said.

Norton cited “credible reports” that over 1 million people have been arbitrarily detained in Xinjiang—some facing torture and other “inhuman” treatment—and that Uyghurs and others face disproportionate surveillance and restrictions on their culture.

In June, Liberal MP and Fraser's parliamentary secretary Patricia Lattanzio said in the House of Commons that Canadians "deserve to feel safe in their own communities," and that Ottawa would "move aggressively to protect victims."

Also being Canadian yourself, you know [about] the two Canadians, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who are still detained in China a year and a half later, again on these vague national security concepts.

A Canadian decision to train Chinese troops in Canada is coming under fire. Chinese troops were set to visit the country for a military training session. That’s after Canadian soldiers traveled to China in 2018.

The Chinese title of the event, “Black and White Reversed,” reflects the current situation in Hong Kong, where many individuals involved in the democratic movement are detained and subjected to unfair trials.

Spavor and Kovrig were arbitrarily detained in China in December 2018.

Joly noted in her statement that Canada will continue to monitor the situation in China and continue to call on Beijing to release "individuals in China who have been detained or imprisoned for exercising their human rights."

The two men were detained in December 2019, shortly after Meng’s arrest in Vancouver on a U.S. warrant relating to multiple charges, including bank fraud and violating U.S. sanctions against Iran.