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Beijing, May 27 (EFE/EPA).- Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun, who has been detained in China since 2019, said in a letter that he has "no fear" ahead of his closed-door espionage trial that begins in Beijing on Thursday.Yang, a former Chinese foreign ministry official, was formally charged with espionage in October, according to his lawyer, after being detained for 26 months in an unknown location "without fresh air or sunshine.""There is nothing more liberating than having one's worst fears realized. I have no fear now. I will never compromise," said the 56-year-old writer and pro-democracy activist in a letter, Australian media reported. (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY). SHOT LIST: AUSTRALIA'S AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, GRAHAM FLETCHER, TALKS TO THE MEDIA NEXT TO THE INTERMEDIATE PEOPLE'S COURT AFTER HE WAS DENIED TO ATTEND A TRIAL OF AUSTRALIAN WRITER YANG HENGJUN, IN BEIJING, CHINA.
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.
Dozens of anti-Cuban regime activists chant "maximum penalty for Rocha" outside a federal courtroom in downtown Miami ahead of the sentencing at trial of former US ambassador to Bolivia, Victor Manuel Rocha, who is charged with spying for Cuba. IMAGES
Police vans thought to be carrying Jimmy Lai arrive at a Hong Kong court on Monday, where the pro-democracy media tycoon is set to stand trial. Lai faces internationally condemned national security charges that could send him to jail for life. Lai, 76, founded the now-shuttered Chinese-language tabloid Apple Daily, which often bashed Beijing and supported the huge protest movement that shook Hong Kong in 2019. IMAGES
Images of police and journalists outside the West Kowloon Law Courts Building, where Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai is due to stand trial in the Chinese city on national security charges that could see him jailed for life. IMAGES
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