Beijing expressed “strong dissatisfaction” after 58 governments signed a declaration against detaining each others’ citizens for geopolitical leverage, a move seen as targeting countries like Iran and China.
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Canada-led Declaration Calls Arbitrary Detentions Immoral
02/15/21 AT 9:33 PM
Canada unveiled a declaration signed by dozens of other countries Monday targeting the arbitrary detention of foreign nationals, a practice Ottawa says China has deployed against Canadian citizens.
Foreign ministers from 58 countries signed the declaration against arbitrary detention in state-to-state relations during a virtual ceremony in Canada s capital. This illegal and immoral practice puts citizens of all countries at risk and it undermines the rule of law, Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau said in a statement. It is unacceptable and it must stop.
The declaration did not single out any country by name.
by Yves Engler / February 14th, 2021
The Liberals’ commitment to a neo-Duvalierist dictatorship in Haiti is being tested. Hopefully Black History Month offers opposition parties an opportunity to finally echo growing grassroots criticism of Canadian policy in the hemisphere’s poorest country.
Since Monday a squatter has been occupying the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince. On Sunday evening Supreme Court Justice Joseph Mecene Jean-Louis was appointed provisional interim President of Haiti by the opposition parties that say Jovenel Moïse’s mandate is over as the constitution states. But, Moïse has refused to leave, claiming another year on his mandate. He responded by arresting one Supreme Court judge and (unconstitutionally) dismissing three judges as well as sending police to occupy the Supreme Court building.