CBC: Families mark 1,000 days since China's detention of Canadians
Spavor, Kovrig Spavor has been sentenced to 11 years in prison, Kovrig yet to receive a verdict
It's been 1,000 days since Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were detained in China. The families of the men, along with friends and supporters, marked the event with a Sunday morning march in Ottawa. The march left from Windsor Park and ended in Major's Hill Park, and those who joined were encouraged to walk 7,000 steps, the same number Michael Kovrig's former wife, Vina Nadjibulla, says he walks in his cell every day.
Kovrig, a former diplomat, and Spavor, a businessman who arranged travel to North Korea, were both detained in December 2018 following the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver.
Meng's arrest was prompted by a U.S. extradition request, and the ensuing case is awaiting a decision by B.C. Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes. Both men were charged with espionage. Spavor has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Michael Kovrig has yet to be sentenced after his trial wrapped in March.
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WNU Editor: My blood boils every-time I read this. And being a regular traveller to China for decades, there is a part of me that wonders if it could have been me instead of them in a prison cell.
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Wnu, you can ask to trade for one of the Michaels.
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