カテゴリー: Canada
Consul general in territory says contingency arrangements in place to bring 300,000 homeCanada has drawn up plans to evacuate hundreds of thousands of its citizens from Hong Kong if needs be, but officials have cautioned they can do little for pro-demo…
Canada concluded China’s actions against ethnic Uighurs in the Xinjiang province constituted a genocide and called for sanctions China has warned Canadian lawmakers to halt their “blatant interference” in its internal affairs, in the latest episode of …
Prime minister says Canada will ‘stand up loudly’ for human rights after China’s ambassador against welcoming Hong Kong pro-democracy activistsCanada will continue to defend human rights in China, prime minister Justin Trudeau has pledged, after a top …
Beijing’s ambassador warns Ottawa not to give asylum to Hong Kong ‘criminals’ amid diplomatic spat over crackdown in territory and Huawei case China’s ambassador to Canada has appeared to threaten Hong Kong-based Canadians if Ottawa offers asylum to pr…
Beijing’s ambassador warns Ottawa not to give asylum to Hong Kong ‘criminals’ amid diplomatic spat over crackdown in territory and Huawei case China’s ambassador to Canada has appeared to threaten Hong Kong-based Canadians if Ottawa offers asylum to pr…
On Saturday Michael Kovrig had his first contact with diplomats since January, saying he was determined to come homeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOne of the two Canadians that Ottawa says are held arbitrarily in China was …
Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were arrested for alleged espionage after Canada held Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou for extradition to USChina has granted consular access to two Canadians detained in the country for the first time since January as th…
Salahidin Abdulahad, Khalil Mamut and Ayoub Mohammed are desperate to be reunited with their children in Canada They were captured by bounty hunters, shipped across the world by American soldiers and held for years in Guantánamo Bay.Salahidin Abdulahad…
Telecoms group to claim abuse of process, saying US government has provided partial evidenceThe legal battle between Washington and Huawei resumes this week when a Canada-based senior executive at the Chinese state-backed telecommunications firm reappe…
Canada’s Hell’s Basement and a shop in Wellington both thought the word ‘huruhuru’ meant ‘feather’ – they were wrongA Canadian brewery and a leather store in New Zealand have found themselves in a hairy situation after using te reo Māori to unwittingly…
Court in Guangzhou announced Xu Weihong’s penalty and said an alleged accomplice had been given a life sentenceChina has sentenced a third Canadian citizen to death on drug charges amid a steep decline in relations between the two countries.A court in …
Beijing denounces ‘megaphone diplomacy’ over jailed Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, and arrest of Huawei executiveChina has sharply criticised Canada over its comments about two Canadians charged with spying, blaming its leaders for “irres…
Ottawa’s refusal to swap Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou for detainees Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor means it faces some hard choicesFor more than 560 days, comforted only by a small collection of books and meals of boiled rice in Chinese jail cells, two Can…
Spying charges against former diplomat and businessman are seen as retaliation for Canadian arrest of Chinese telco chiefChinese prosecutors have charged two detained Canadians with alleged espionage, in a case that has driven a diplomatic wedge betwee…
From protecting fishing communities to regrowing coral reefs, Guardian readers and environmentalists share how they’re working to defend the oceanWorld Oceans Day, which took place on Monday, is marked by hundreds of beach cleans and events global…