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Beijing, Mar 22 (EFE).- The trial of Canadian citizen Michael Kovrig, arrested in China in December 2018 and charged with espionage, began in Beijing on Monday.Outside the court were diplomats from Canada and about a dozen other countries, who were not allowed to attend the closed-door proceedings."We've requested access to Michael Kovrig's hearing repeatedly but that access is being denied," Jim Nickel, charge d'affairs at the Canadian Embassy, told dozens of reporters gathered outside Beijing No. 2 People's Intermediate Court, where the trial is being held. (Camera: JAVIER TRIANA).SHOT LIST: THE ARRIVAL AT THE THE INTERMEDIATE PEOPLE'S COURT, IN BEIJING, OF CANADIAN CITIZEN MICHAEL KOVRIG, CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE IN CHINA.SOUND BITES: CANADIAN EMBASSY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES JIM NICKEL.
Beijing, Mar 22 (EFE/EPA).- The trial of Canadian citizen Michael Kovrig, arrested in China in December 2018 and charged with espionage, began in Beijing on Monday.Outside the court were diplomats from Canada and about a dozen other countries, who were not allowed to attend the closed-door proceedings."We've requested access to Michael Kovrig's hearing repeatedly but that access is being denied," Jim Nickel, charge d'affairs at the Canadian Embassy, told dozens of reporters gathered outside Beijing No. 2 People's Intermediate Court, where the trial is being held. (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY).SHOT LIST: THE INTERMEDIATE PEOPLE'S COURT, WHERE CANADIAN CITIZEN MICHAEL KOVRIG, CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE GOES ON TRIAL, IN BEIJING, CHINA.
Police vehicles with tinted windows believed to be carrying Michael Spavor, one of two Canadians detained in China since December 2018, arrive at a court in the northeastern city of Dandong, surrounded by about a dozen police officers. Spavor is set to face trial Friday morning for espionage, charges which Canada has attacked as "trumped up" as relations between Ottawa and Beijing plummet. IMAGES
Images outside the court where the trial for Michael Spavor, one of two Canadians detained in China since December 2018 and charged with espionage, is set to start on Friday. IMAGES
China's annual National People's Congress (NPC) starts at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The key parliamentary meeting, attended by President Xi Jinping and thousands of delegates from around the country, kicked off to a rendition of the national anthem. IMAGES
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