Spavor s guilty verdict and sentencing come as lawyers battle the extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who is currently under house arrest in Canada.
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Increasing number of foreigners avoid travel to China due to fear of detention: Report ANI | Updated: Mar 12, 2021 20:00 IST
Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): Over a dozen academics, NGO workers and media professionals said they were unwilling to travel to China after the detention of foreigners in the country instilled fear in some people.
In a CNN report, Jenni Marsh writes that as President Xi Jinping breeds a culture of nationalism and forges increasingly hostile relations with Western governments, some fear being a target of a possible diplomatic spat between their government and Beijing.
Several people pointed to the detention of two Canadians in China in December 2018 - Micheal Kovrig, an NGO worker and Michael Spavor, who organised trips to North Korea - after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver on charges filed in the US.
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In her first interview after being freed from an Iranian prison, Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert says she contemplated suicide while enduring "psychological torture".