Spavor

The aftermath of Canada’s long fight with China over the imprisonment of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig has spawned a new challenge: whether to join allies such as the United States and Australia in taking a more…

Michael Spavor, one of two Canadians that were detained in China shortly after Canada’s arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, says that he’s happy to be back home and reunited with his family. “I’m overjoyed to be finally…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are on their way back to Canada after spending over 1,000 days in detention in China. Trudeau said the two Canadians boarded a plane Saturday morning Chinese…

A Chinese court on Wednesday jailed Canadian businessman Michael Spavor for 11 years for spying, which Ottawa swiftly condemned as politically orchestrated.Spavor was detained in 2018 along with compatriot Michael Kovrig on what Ottawa has…

A Canadian man detained in China for over two and a half years has been convicted of espionage by a Chinese court and sentenced to 11 years in prison. A guilty verdict in the case of Michael Spavor, who was detained by Chinese…

Chinese courts are set to hand out verdicts in the cases of two Canadian nationals who have been detained in China. A decision in the case of Robert Schellenberg, who was detained by Chinese authorities in December 2014, and was…