Global Affairs Canada says it is aware that two Canadian citizens have been detained in Israel following their involvement in a flotilla to Gaza.

BEIJING—Police in China said they have detained a 30-year-old Canadian man surnamed Wu on suspicion of committing rape, with state media identifying him as Chinese-born pop singer Kris Wu.

China in apparent retaliation arbitrarily detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor for over 1,000 days.

China has failed in its hostage diplomacy before, when they detained and disappeared Canadian couple Kevin Garratt and Julia Garratt in order to get Canada to stop the extradition of a Chinese spy to the United States.

China's Foreign ministry spokesperson, Zhao Lijian, denied on Oct. 12 that the two Canadians had been arbitrarily detained in response to Canada's arrest of an executive of Chinese technology giant Huawei.

Shortly afterward, China detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor for more than 1,000 days in apparent retaliation.

The two men were detained shortly after Canadian police detained Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.'s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, on a U.S. warrant.

In apparent response to Canada executing a U.S. extradition warrant for the Huawei executive, who was wanted for fraud, China arbitrarily detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor for over 1,000 days.

Supporters of two Canadians accused of spying and held in Chinese prison for 1,000 days rallied on Sept. 5 to demand their release.

In apparent retaliation, Beijing arbitrarily detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor for more than 1,000 days.

BEIJING—Chinese prosecutors said on Friday they have charged two detained Canadians for suspected espionage, indictments that could result in life imprisonment, in a case that has driven a diplomatic wedge between Ottawa and Beijing.

A Federal Court is slated to begin two days of hearings today into the Liberal government’s refusal to repatriate 19 Canadian women and children who are being held in northeastern Syria.

According to LaSalle police, the 51-year-old man was discovered around 1 a.m. on Aug. 6 on the Canadian side of the Detroit River and detained and turned over to RCMP after it was found he was trying to illegally enter Canada.

The association is requesting that Carney advocate for the release of all Falun Gong practitioners, including the 10 who are family members of Canadians and have been detained as prisoners of conscience in China.

OTTAWA—Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Dec. 19 that the U.S. government should not finalize a trade deal with China unless the pact also secured the release of two Canadians detained by Beijing.

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.

BEIJING/SHANGHAI—Chinese authorities are questioning former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig, who was detained days after the arrest in Canada of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, on suspicion of engaging in activities that harmed China's national security

Kovrig was one of two Canadians detained in China days after the Dec. 1 arrest of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co [HWT.UL], in Vancouver, at the request of the United States.

MONTREAL, Canada—Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on July 4, said U.S. President Donald Trump had raised the case of two detained Canadians with China and insisted Ottawa's efforts to pressure the Chinese regime were working.

The Crown wants at least six current and former security officials to testify behind closed doors in the lawsuit of a Montreal man who was detained in Sudan—a move the man's lawyer calls a serious infringement of the open court principle.

The statement says the government continues to be deeply concerned by what it calls the "arbitrary" detentions of Kovrig and fellow Canadian Michael Spavor, who was also detained in December on similar allegations.

Chinese authorities detained the two Canadians in early December 2018, shortly after Canada's arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, who faces allegations of fraud in the United States.

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.

Nearly 150 former diplomats and scholars from around the world have demanded the release of two Canadian citizens being detained in China.

Kovrig and Spavor were detained shortly after Meng’s arrest. More recently, Global Affairs Canada confirmed that 13 Canadians have been detained in China, with eight released so far.

McMaster said on May 9 that China’s treatment of two detained Canadians is a telling example of how China is a threat to the liberal international order.

Canadian diplomats have seen both men at least once since they were detained. A third Canadian, Sarah McIver, had been detained in China for “illegal employment” but was released Dec. 28, 2018. With files from Reuters

BUCHAREST, Romania—NATO's chief is calling on China to treat two Canadians detained in the country "fairly and with due process."

President Donald Trump says he will raise the case of two Canadians currently detained in China with Communist Party Xi Jinping at the G20 summit next week.

Beijing says Kovrig and Spavor were detained over national-security concerns. The authorities said the third Canadian, Sarah McIver, is undergoing “administrative punishment” for working illegally in China.