World leaders expressed their shock as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump stormed https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/its-insurrection-biden-says-as-trump-supporters-storm-u-s-capitol-idUSKBN29B2PU the U.S. Capitol building where Congress meets in an attempt.
World leaders on Wednesday expressed their shock as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump stormed https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/its-insurrection-biden-says-as-trump-supporters-storm-u-s-capitol-idUSKBN29B2PU the U.S. Capitol building where Congress.
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - World leaders on Wednesday expressed shock at the violent protesters who overran the U.S. Congress and attempts to overt.
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FILE PHOTO: Canada s Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks to media at a cabinet retreat in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Wednesday condemned China’s mass arrest of politicians and activists in Hong Kong as a “grave repression of political pluralism” and called for the detainees to be freed.
Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said on Twitter the arrests demonstrated a total disregard for Hong Kong’s laws and a further erosion of the “One country two systems” framework set up in 1997.
Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by Chris Reese