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Michael Spavor Tried in Chinese Court, No Verdict Announced
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Secret Trials in China for Spavor and Kovrig Are ‘Disappointing,’ Trudeau Says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the trials being held “without transparency” for the two Canadians who have been detained in China for two years are “disappointing.” Michael Spavor was tried in court Friday but no verdict was announced. Michael Kovrig’s trial is scheduled for Monday. “It is disappointing that the trial that Michael Spavor went through…
Xinhua, Beijing’s Propaganda Arm, No Longer a Member of Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery
March 11, 2021
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Xinhua News Agency, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, is no longer a member of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery, the president of the Gallery has confirmed. “The member from Xinhua News Agency did not submit a membership review form for 2020 as required annually,” Catherine Lévesque said in a statement. “Therefore, neither the member,…
‘It Robs Us of Our Humanity’: Speakers at International Conference Condemn Beijing’s Illicit Organ Harvesting, Call for Action
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O’Toole Calls for Relocation of Beijing Olympics Due to China’s ‘Genocide’ of Uighurs
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Falun Gong Adherent Dies While Imprisoned in China for Her Beliefs
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Chinese Couple Sentenced to Prison After Voicing Support for Dissidents
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US, EU Urge China to Release Missing Rights Activist ‘Disappeared’ While Boarding Flight to Visit Sick Wife
Renowned Chinese rights activist Yang Maodong, also known by his pen name Guo Feixiong, has raised attention at home and abroad after Chinese authorities “disappeared” him as he was boarding a flight to visit his wife, who has been receiving cancer treatment in the United States. Yang remains missing after he was stopped from boarding for…
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