Earlier this week, Canada hosted the virtual launch of an international human rights campaign against the arbitrary arrest and detention of innocent foreign…
Earlier this week, Canada hosted the virtual launch of an international human rights campaign against the arbitrary arrest and detention of innocent foreign…
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Chinese officials are fuming about a Canadian-led condemnation of hostage diplomacy, an initiative that highlights widespread distaste for a human rights abuse favored in Beijing.
“The Chinese side expresses its strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition over this, and has lodged stern representations with the Canadian side,” a Chinese Embassy spokesman in Canada protested. “The Canadian side’s attempt to pressure China by using ‘Megaphone Diplomacy’ or ganging up is totally futile and will only head towards a dead end.”
Dozens of countries joined Canada in denouncing the use of “arbitrary arrest, detention, or sentencing to exercise leverage over foreign governments.” The roster of signatories spanned North America and Europe, with additional support coming from Latin America and Africa.
Alexei Navalny sentenced to prison term for violating probation as protesters detained
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to more than three years in prison in a Moscow court hearing on Tuesday, but not before calling the proceedings a vain attempt by the Kremlin to scare millions of Russians into submission.
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Posted: Feb 02, 2021 4:11 PM ET | Last Updated: February 3
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny makes a heart gesture with his hands while in a cage in the Moscow City Court on Tuesday. His suspended sentence from his 2014 criminal conviction was ultimately converted to a prison term.(Press Service of Simonovsky District Court/Handout/Reuters)