China has now formally charged Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig with spying, more than 18 months after the Canadians were first detained. "I was just devastated to hear that," said fellow Canadian Kevin Garratt, who was accused of stealing military secrets and jailed in China for two years until September 2016. | CBC News
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China has now formally charged Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig with spying, more than 18 months after the Canadians were first detained. "I was just devastated to hear that," said fellow Canadian Kevin Garratt, who was accused of stealing military secrets and jailed in China for two years until September 2016. | CBC News
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China sentences Canadian businessman Michael Spavor to 11 years for spying
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Canadian Michael Spavor was tried for espionage in a Chinese court today, but no verdict was delivered. Canada's chargé d'affaires, Jim Nickel, said the process lacked transparency. | CBC News
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Canadian Michael Spavor was tried for espionage in a Chinese court today, but no verdict was delivered. Canada's chargé d'affaires, Jim Nickel, said the process lacked transparency. | CBC News
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Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor received multiple standing ovations from the House of Commons on Friday. The first was given while MPs and invited guests were waiting for U.S. President Joe Biden’s arrival in the House. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau referenced the men in his introduction to Biden. The duo also got a shout-out in Biden’s remarks. “Our citizens are not bargaining chips. They are human beings with lives and families that must be respected,” Biden said, referring to Spavor and Kov
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Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor received multiple standing ovations from the House of Commons on Friday. The first was given while MPs and invited guests were waiting for U.S. President Joe Biden’s arrival in the House. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau referenced the men in his introduction to Biden. The duo also got a shout-out in Biden’s remarks. “Our citizens are not bargaining chips. They are human beings with lives and families that must be respected,” Biden said, referring to Spavor and Kov
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Michael Spavor reaches settlement with federal government over detention in China
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Canadian Michael Spavor has been found guilty of espionage and sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Chinese court. The verdict will further test the strained relationship between the Canadian and Chinese governments. | CBC News
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China charges Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor with alleged espionage
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Canadian diplomat Jim Nickel criticizes secretive trial of Michael Spavor in China. Chinese court concludes trial of Canadian Michael Spavor behind closed doors: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-chinese-court-concludes-trial-of-canadian-michael-spavor-behind-closed/ | The Globe and Mail
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Trudeau says it's 'disappointing' that Michael Spavor's hearing was kept secret from Canadian officials
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Michael Kovrig, Michael Spavor arrive in Canada after almost 3 years in Chinese prison
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Michael Spavor leaves border agency office in Alberta after returning to Canada
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Guy Saint-Jacques, former ambassador to China, joined Power & Politics to discuss the pending verdict in the Michael Spavor case and the decision by a Chinese court to uphold Robert Schellenberg's death sentence. | CBC Politics
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Canada’s Michael Spavor sentenced to 11 years in prison by Chinese court
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Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig have returned to Canada nearly three years after they were arrested in China under espionage charges. They arrived in Calgary aboard a Royal Canadian Air Force Challenger on Saturday morning, and Kovrig later flew to Toronto. | CBC News
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Today marks two years since Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were detained by China. While China denies that the arrests were arbitrary or retaliatory, they are widely seen as the government's reaction to the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. | CBC News
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For the first time, U.S. President Joe Biden has publically called on China to release Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, two Canadians detained in December 2018. "Human beings are not bartering chips," Biden said. | CBC News
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Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were granted consular access for the first time since January. Spavor was allowed virtual contact with Canada's ambassador to China on Friday and Kovrig was allowed the same contact on Saturday. | CBC News
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After more than two years in prison, Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are to be tried in China for espionage over the coming week. | CBC News
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Michael Spavor’s lawyer says legal fight with Ottawa is ‘resolved’
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