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Supporters of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, two Canadian citizens detained by Chinese authorities since December 2018, are joining a campaign to send them “season’s greetings” as the two prepare to spend a third Christmas behind bars.
Charles Parton, a former British diplomat who knew Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat, in Beijing, started the “Christmas card” campaign. He spoke to VOA from London on what prompted him to launch the campaign.
“I was rereading the book by Anthony Grey, a Reuters correspondent, who was imprisoned in 1967 to 1969,” said Parton, now a senior associate fellow at Britain’s Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a think tank focused on international defense and security.
2 Canadians have been tried, says China turkishpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from turkishpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.