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Canadian Ambassador to China Dominic Barton arrives outside the Dandong Detention Centre ahead of a verdict expected in the trial of Canadian businessman Michael Spavor who is detained on spying charges. IMAGES
Images outside Dandong Detention Center, where Canadian businessman Michael Spavor awaits the verdict of his spy trial. Spavor, is one of two Canadians detained in apparent retaliation for Canada's arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, on a US extradition warrant. IMAGES
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.
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach reacts to a growing diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics in February, prompted by what the Western allies argue are widespread rights abuses by China. "The presence of government officials is a purely political decision for each government," he says, adding, "the principle of the political neutrality of the IOC applies." Britain on Wednesday joined Australia and the United States in announcing they will not send ministers to the Winter Games in the Chinese capital. SOUNDBITE
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.