‘A mock, sham trial’: Canada denounces China’s 11-year sentence for Michael Spavor, but muted on path for release

Michael Spavor, along with Michael Kovrig, have been detained by Chinese authorities for 975 days.

Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says the sentence imposed on Michael Spavor won't change Canada's 'resolve' to see the two detained Canadians released from Chinese prisons. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY Neil Moss

August 11, 2021

Canada's top diplomat lashed out at Beijing the day after Michael Spavor was sentenced to 11 years in prison, but said little about what was being done to secure the release of two detained Canadians. Mr. Spavor, a Canadian businessman, has been imprisoned since December 2018 when he was detained b...

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